significant

/sɪɡˈnɪf.ɪ.kənt/ · adj

Meaning

Signifying something; carrying meaning.
Having a noticeable or major effect.
Reasonably large in number or amount.
Having a covert or hidden meaning.
Having a low probability of occurring by chance (for example, having high correlation and thus likely to be related).
Of a digit or figure, see significant figure.
That which has significance; a sign; a token; a symbol.

Etymology / origin

From Latin significans, present participle of significare, from signum (“sign”) + ficare (“do, make”), variant of facere.

significans(Latin)→
*dʰeh₁-(ine-pro)→
significant (English)
Relations: root, der

Related words

*dʰeh₁-(ine-pro)significans(Latin)szignifikáns(Hungarian)

Descendant words

szignifikáns(Hungarian) (der)

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