Where does “significantemente” come from?
significantemente (Spanish) comes from Spanish significante, from Latin significans, from Latin significāre, from Latin signum, from Proto-Italic seknom, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.
significantemente (Spanish): significantly
Ancestry of “significantemente”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Spanish | significante | significant |
| 2 | Latin | significans | showing, expressing, signifying, pointing out;... |
| 3 | Latin | significāre | — |
| 4 | Latin | signum | visible indication: sign, mark, signal; seal,... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | seknom | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sek- | to cut, cut off, sever |