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
- intensity
Ancestry of “intensiteit”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | intens | intense |
| 2 | French | intense | intense |
| 3 | Middle French | intense | — |
| 4 | Old French | intense | — |
| 5 | Latin | intēnsus | intent, eager |
| 6 | Latin | intendō | to stretch out; to strain |
| 7 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 8 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 9 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |