Where does “significancy” come from?
significancy (English) comes 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.
significancy (English): significance
Ancestry of “significancy”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | significantia | nominative neuter plural of significāns;... |
| 2 | Latin | significans | showing, expressing, signifying, pointing out;... |
| 3 | Latin | significāre | — |
| 4 | Latin | signum | visible indication: sign, mark, signal; seal,... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | seknom | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sek- | to cut, cut off, sever |