Etymograph

English

insignificative

Insignificative comes from Latin insignificativus.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEinsignificativus
  2. Englishtodayinsignificative

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEinsignificativus
  2. Englishtodayinsignificative

Formed from in- ‘not’ + significative

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Germanic *in ‘into’

English in-

Latin sīgnificātīvus

English significative

Today it means

adj Not expressing meaning

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Latin insignificativus / insignificative