Where does “intaglio” come from?
Intaglio comes from Italian intaglio, from the verb intagliare, composed of the prefix in- (from Latin in-, from Latin in, from Proto-Indo-European ne) and a root from Proto-Indo-European só.
intaglio (English): A design or piece of art which is engraved or...
Definitions
- A design or piece of art which is engraved or...
Ancestry of “intaglio”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | intaglio | carving, fretwork, meander, engraving, intaglio;... |
| 2 | Italian | intagliare | to engrave; to monogram; to carve |
| 3 | Italian | in- | un-; in-; a- |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 5 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |