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Where does “importar” come from?

importar (Spanish) comes from Latin importō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

importar (Spanish): to matter, to be important, to mind, to care; to...

Definitions

  1. to matter, to be important, to mind, to care; to...

Ancestry of “importar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinimportō—
2Latinīn-—
3Latinîn—
4Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
5Proto-Italicenin
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “importar”

  • importantísimo
  • importante
  • importantemente
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →