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Where does “hypointense” come from?

Hypointense comes from English hypo- and intense, where intense derives from Latin intendere meaning to stretch or strain, formed from Latin in- and tendere.

hypointense (English): Less than usually intense

Definitions

  1. Less than usually intense

Ancestry of “hypointense”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishintenseStrained; tightly drawn; Strict, very close or...
2Middle Englishintens—
3Old Frenchintense—
4Latinintēnsus—
5Latinintendō—
6Latinīn-—
7Latinîn—
8Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
9Proto-Italicenin
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →