Where does “importância” come from?

importância (Portuguese) 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.

importância (Portuguese): importance; significance, relevance

Definitions

  1. importance; significance, relevance

Ancestry of “importância”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latinimportantiaimportance; nominative neuter plural of...
2Latinimportarepresent active infinitive of importō;...
3LatinimportoI bring, carry or convey into; bring in from...
4Latinin-un-, non-, not; in, within, inside
5Latininin, at, on, upon, from; within, while in; into,...
6Old Latinenin
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énEvery word from Proto-Italic enEvery word from Latin in-
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