Where does “intact” come from?

intact (Dutch) comes from French intact, from Latin intactus, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

intact (Dutch): intact

Definitions

  1. intact

Ancestry of “intact”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchintactintact; unspoiled, unbroken
2Latinintactusuntouched, intact; untried; virgin, undefiled,...
3Latinīn-un-, non-, not
4Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én