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Where does “importancia” come from?

importancia (Spanish) 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.

importancia (Spanish): importance

Definitions

  1. importance

Ancestry of “importancia”, 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
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