Where does “semnificanță” come from?
semnificanță (Romanian) comes from Romanian semnifica, from French signifier, from Latin significo, from Latin -fico, from Latin facio, from Proto-Italic fakjō, from Proto-Italic *θakjō, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁k-yé-ti — to do, put, place.
semnificanță (Romanian): significance
Definitions
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Ancestry of “semnificanță”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | semnifica | to mean, signify |
| 2 | French | signifier | to signify, mean |
| 3 | Latin | significo | I show, express, signify, point out; I portend,... |
| 4 | Latin | -fico | Forms factitive, causative, or other verbs from... |
| 5 | Latin | facio | I do; I make, construct, fashion, frame, build,... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | fakjō | to make |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *θakjō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | *dʰh₁k-yé-ti | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁- | to do, put, place |