Etymology

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Today it means: The section sign, or §. Full definition →

Latin signum sectiōnis
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  1. Latin · derived fromsignum sectiōnis“section sign”
  2. English todaysilcrow

Either a blend of section + pilcrow or a blend of pilcrow and Latin signum sectiōnis (“section sign”), or a derived form thereof.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.