diseño

/diˈseɲo/ · B1 · noun · m

design

📐✏️ diseño = de + signo: to mark out a sign, the plan before the build

Diseño comes from Italian disegno, from Latin designare (to mark out), the same root as English design. Diseñar is the verb. In Alta California, a diseño was the hand-drawn map attached to a land grant petition.

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