Etymology

signify

sig·ni·fy
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Today it means: To create a sign out of something. Full definition →

Middle English signifien ← Old French signifier ← Latin significare
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromsignificare
  2. Old French · derived fromsignifier
  3. Middle English · inherited fromsignifien
  4. English todaysignify

Inherited from Middle English signifien, from Old French signifier, from Latin significare.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.