Where does “inportan” come from?

inportan (Mauritian Creole) comes from French important, from French importer, from Latin importāre.

inportan (Mauritian Creole): important

Definitions

  1. important

Ancestry of “inportan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchimportantimportant; significant; present participle of...
2Frenchimporterto import; to matter, to be relevant, important
3Latinimportāre—
Every word from Latin importāre →