sigillography

English

noun

Definitions

The study of seals, especially those attached to documents.

Etymology

Derived from Latin sigillum (seal, little sign, small image, sealed document).

Origin

Latin

sigillum

Gloss

seal, little sign, small image, sealed document

Concept

Semantic Field

Animals

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Emoji

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

sigil English
sigillographer English
sigillographic English
sigillum English
*segellum Latin
*sūgillum Latin
sigillum Latin
signum Latin
sigillo Italian
sigillographie French
sello Spanish, Castilian
sigilo Spanish, Castilian
segl Norwegian Bokmål
sigilo Portuguese
segl Norwegian Nynorsk
segell Catalan, Valencian
sigil Catalan, Valencian
sigiliu Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
𐍃𐌹𐌲𐌻𐌾𐍉 Gothic
*sigil Old Dutch
seello Old Portuguese
segel Middle Low German
segel, seg(g)el Middle Low German
sagèl Occitan
sellu Asturian
σιγίλλον, σιγίλλιον gkm