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Where does “intensiteit” come from?

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

intensiteit (Dutch): intensity

Definitions

  1. intensity

Ancestry of “intensiteit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchintensintense
2Frenchintenseintense
3Middle Frenchintense—
4Old Frenchintense—
5Latinintēnsus—
6Latinintendō—
7Latinīn-—
8Latinîn—
9Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
10Proto-Italicenin
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →