Where does “significantie” come from?
significantie (Dutch) comes from Middle French signifiance, from Old French senefiance, from Latin significantia, from Latin significans, from Latin significāre, from Latin signum, from Proto-Italic seknom, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.
significantie (Dutch): significance
Definitions
- significance
Ancestry of “significantie”, step by step
significantie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle French signifiance
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | signifiance | meaning |
| 2 | Old French | senefiance | sign; signal; indication; significance;... |
| 3 | Latin | significantia | nominative neuter plural of significāns;... |
| 4 | Latin | significans | showing, expressing, signifying, pointing out;... |
| 5 | Latin | significāre | — |
| 6 | Latin | signum | visible indication: sign, mark, signal; seal,... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | seknom | sign |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sek- | to cut, cut off, sever |
via Dutch significant
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | significant | significant |