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1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἔμφασις“significance”
2. Latin · borrowed fromemphasis
3. English todayemphasis

From Latin emphasis, from Ancient Greek ἔμφασις (émphasis, “significance”), from ἐμφαίνω (emphaínō, “to present; to indicate”), from ἐν- (en-, “in”) + φαίνω (phaínō, “to show”).