Where does “intens” come from?

intens (Dutch) comes from French intense, from Middle French intense, from Old French intense, from Latin intēnsus, from Latin intendō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.

intens (Dutch): intense

Definitions

  1. intense

Ancestry of “intens”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchintenseintense
2Middle Frenchintense—
3Old Frenchintense—
4Latinintēnsusintent, eager
5Latinintendōto stretch out; to strain
6Latinīn-un-, non-, not
7Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
8Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
9Proto-Italicenin
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “intens”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Latin īn- →Every word from Proto-Italic en →