Where does “hypointensive” come from?

hypointensive (English) comes from English intensive, from Middle French intensif, from Medieval Latin intensivus, from Latin intendere, from Latin intendo, from Latin in-, from Latin in, from Old Latin en — in.

hypointensive (English): Less than usually intensive

Definitions

  1. Less than usually intensive

Ancestry of “hypointensive”, step by step

hypointensive traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English intensive

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishintensiveThorough; to a great degree; with intensity;...
2Middle Frenchintensif
3Medieval Latinintensivusintensive
4Latinintenderethird-person plural perfect active indicative of...
5LatinintendoI stretch out; I strain; I turn my attention to,...
6Latinin-un-, non-, not; in, within, inside
7Latininin, at, on, upon, from; within, while in; into,...
8Old Latinenin
9Proto-Italicenin
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via English hypo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhypoMelancholy; a fit of ‘hypochondria’; a morbid...
2Englishhypo-Below; beneath; under; Deficient; less than...
3Ancient Greekὑπό
4Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én
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