Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
Proto-Italic *kom
Proto-Italic *kom-
Latin con-
Latin co-lbor.
English co-
English sign
English cosign
From co- + sign.
Meanings
The promotion of one musical artist (usually less successful) by another.
Also, you can't base your entire career on cosigns and big features. At some point, your music has to stand on its own. 2013, Jesse Atkinson, The Independent Music Grind:
Big pump, don't stunt when it's showtime / Kinda funny how I didn't need a cosign 2017, Stormzy, Swifta Beater, “Cold” (track 15), in Gang Signs & Prayer, performed by Stormzy:
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
Proto-Italic *kom
Proto-Italic *kom-
Latin con-
Latin co-lbor.
English co-
English sign
English cosign
From co- + sign.
Meanings
To sign a document jointly with another person, sometimes as an endorsement.
(informal, transitive) To agree with or endorse.
[Ilhan] Omar was left twisting in the wind earlier this year after facing spurious charges of antisemitism, a display of Democratic cowardice co-signed by Chelsea Clinton, Chuck Schumer, and most every other Democrat with a congressional leadership position. 2019 July 19, Noah Kulwin, “Democrats Fail the Left, Once Again”, in Jewish Currents:
fr cosigner (to sign a document jointly with another person) · de mitunterzeichnen (to sign a document jointly with another person) · es firmar conjuntamente (to sign a document jointly with another person) · de mitzeichnen (to sign a document jointly with another person) · it cofirmare (to sign a document jointly with another person) · pt coassinar (to sign a document jointly with another person)