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Where does “intensifying” come from?

Intensifying derives from English intense, from Middle French intense, from Latin intensus, the past participle of intendere meaning "to stretch toward," itself from in- plus a form related to Latin facio meaning "to make or do."

intensifying (English): present participle of intensify

Definitions

  1. present participle of intensify

Ancestry of “intensifying”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishintensifyTo render more intense; To become intense, or...
2EnglishintenseStrained; tightly drawn; Strict, very close or...
3Middle Englishintens—
4Old Frenchintense—
5Latinintēnsus—
6Latinintendō—
7Latinīn-—
8Latinîn—
9Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
10Proto-Italicenin
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →