Where does “importance” come from?

importance (Middle French) comes from Medieval Latin importantia, from Latin importare, from Latin importo, from Latin in-, from Latin in, from Old Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

Ancestry of “importance”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Medieval Latin	importantia	importance; nominative neuter plural of...
2	Latin	importare	present active infinitive of importō;...
3	Latin	importo	I bring, carry or convey into; bring in from...
4	Latin	in-	un-, non-, not; in, within, inside
5	Latin	in	in, at, on, upon, from; within, while in; into,...
6	Old Latin	en	in
7	Proto-Italic	en	in
8	Proto-Indo-European	h₁én	in

Words derived from “importance”

importance
unimportance
nonimportance
self-importance

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →