Where does “importante” come from?
importante (Italian) comes from Italian importare, from English import, from Middle English importen, from Old French emporter, from Latin importō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.
importante (Italian): important; present participle of importare
Definitions
- important; present participle of importare
Ancestry of “importante”, step by step
importante traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian importare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | importare | to import; to be important, to matter |
| 2 | English | import | Something brought in from an exterior source,... |
| 3 | Middle English | importen | — |
| 4 | Old French | emporter | — |
| 5 | Latin | importō | to bring, carry or convey into; bring in from abroad, import |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 7 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via Latin importans
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | importans | importing; introducing, causing |