The story
- Latin · borrowed fromsignificāvit“he has signified”
- English todaysignificavit
Borrowed from Latin significāvit (“he has signified”), from significāre (“to signify”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
significavit
Today it means: A writ issuing out of chancery, upon certificate given by the ordinary, of a man's standing excommunicate by the space of forty days, for the laying him up in prison till he submit himself to the authority of the church. Full definition →
Latin significāvit