noun, masculine/so/plural: sceaux
seal (pattern; design)
Related: sceau de Salomon
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sek- Proto-Indo-European *-nóm Proto-Italic *seknom Latin signum Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lum Latin sigillum Old French seel Middle French sceau French sceau Inherited from Middle French sceau, Old French seel (whence also English seal), from Latin sigillum. The spelling with ⟨sc⟩ was introduced in Middle French (with ⟨c⟩ loosely representing the Latin ⟨g⟩) in order to distinguish the word from unrelated s