significant的词源

英文词源

significant (adj.)

1570s, "having a meaning," from Latin significantem (nominative significans, present participle of significare "make known, indicate" (see signify). Earlier in the same sense was significative (c. 1400). Often "having a special or secret meaning," hence "important" (1761). Related: Significantly. Significant figure is from 1680s. Significant other (n.) attested by 1961, in psychology, "the most influential other person in the patient's world."

中文词源

significant：有意义的；重大的，重要的   

词根词缀： -sign-标记 + -i- + -fic-做,作 + -ant形容词词尾

该词的英语词源请访问找单词词源英文版：significant 词源，significant 含义。

significant：重要的，有意义的

sign,标记，记号，-fic,做，使，词源同 fact,efficient.引申比喻词义重要的，有意义的等。