myEtymology.com: Italian etymology of segnapassi

Etymology of the Italian word segnapassi

the Italian word segnapassi

derived from the Italian word segnare

derived from the Classical Latin word signator (witness)

derived from the Latin word signare (mark, stamp, designate)

derived from the Late Latin word signum (battle standard; indication; seal)

derived from the Latin word secare (to cut; cut, sever; decide)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sek-

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sekʷ-

derived from the Italian word passo

derived from the Late Latin word passus (spread out; outstretched; dried; step, pace)

derived from the Latin word pati (suffer; allow; undergo)

derived from the Latin word pandere (spread out [passis manibus => with hands outstretched])

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *petə-