
English word design comes from Latin signatura, Latin de- (De-.)
signatura (Latin)
de- (Latin)
De-.
designare (Latin)
designer (Old French)
design (English)
(obsolete, intransitive) To plan (to do something).. (obsolete, transitive) To assign, appoint (something to someone); to designate. [16th-19th c.]. (obsolete, transitive) To mark out and exhibit; to designate; to indicate; to show; to point out; to appoint.. (transitive) To plan and carry out (a picture, work of art, construction etc.). [from 17th c.] A pattern, as an element of a work of [...]