important
‘significant’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
E. importante, ymportant, importaunt < Med.Lat. importantem ‘important, momentous’ < importare ‘be significant in’ < Lat. importare ‘bring in, convey, bring in from abroad’ < in- ‘into, in’ + portare ‘to carry’ < im < en < Tamil il-iṉ