
English word signature comes from Proto-Indo-European *kei-, Dutch sein (Signal.), French -ure (Used to form nouns describing the result of an action.), English signare
*kei- (Proto-Indo-European)
sein (Dutch)
Signal.
-ure (French)
Used to form nouns describing the result of an action.
signare (English)
signum (Latin)
(Medieval Latin) a signum (medieval tower bell used particularly for ringing the 8 canonical hours). A mark, sign, emblem. A miracle.
signare (Latin)
signature (French)
Signature (a person's name written in their own handwriting). The act of signing.
signature (English)
(computing) A pattern used for matching the identity of a virus, the parameter types of a method, etc.. (cryptography) Data attached to a message that guarantees that the message originated from its claimed source.. (figurative) A mark or sign of implication.. (mathematics) A tuple specifying the sign of coefficients in any diagonal form of a quadratic form.. (medicine) The part of a [...]