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