Where does “senefiance” come from?
senefiance (Old French) 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.
senefiance (Old French): sign; signal; indication; significance;...
Definitions
- sign; signal; indication; significance;...
Ancestry of “senefiance”, step by step
senefiance traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin significantia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | sign |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sek- | to cut, cut off, sever |
via Old French senefier
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | senefier | to mean; to denote; to signify |
| 2 | Latin | significō | to show, express, signify, point out |
| 3 | Latin | -ficō | forms factitive, causative, or other verbs from the roots of nouns and adjectives; -ify |
| 4 | Latin | -ficus | Forms adjectives that denote bringing or making |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -fakos | -making, -producing |