Signs of the Heavens

Sign

Early 13c., “gesture or motion of the hand,” from Old French signe “sign, mark, signature,” from Latin signum “mark, token, indication, symbol.” Ousted native token. In some uses, the word probably is aphetic for ensign (late 14c., via Scottish, from Old French enseigne (12c.) “mark, symbol, signal; flag, standard, pennant,” from Latin insignia (pl.) (source: www.etymonline.com).

From the Latin signum, sign, banner, star/constellation: “what serves to indicate.”

The Indo-European root is not yet defined:

For some it is *SEK-, with the idea of ​cutting (sign as a mark of recognition);

For others it is *SAK-, which expresses the idea of ​saying, showing;

For others it is *SAG-, with the idea of ​connecting, the same root of the word “sacred” with the sense of “what is bound to divinity.”

Heavens

“realm of the heavenly bodies,” 1670s, from heaven, Old English heofon “home of God,” earlier “sky, firmament,” probably from Proto-Germanic *hibin-, dissimilated from *himin- (German Himmel “heaven, sky”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European root *kem-/*kam- “to cover” (chemise) [Watkins derives it elaborately from PIE *ak- “sharp” via *akman- “stone, sharp stone,” then “stony vault of heaven”].

Plural use in sense of “sky” is probably from Ptolemaic theory of space composed of many spheres, but it also formerly was used in the same sense as the singular in Biblical language, as a translation of Hebrew plural shamayim.

Etymosophy result for Signs of the Heavens: indications connecting with the heavenly Vault.