Where does “intensive” come from?
Intensive comes from Middle French intensif, from Medieval Latin intensivus, from Latin intendere meaning to stretch or strain, with the prefix in- from Proto-Indo-European ne.
intensive (English): Thorough; to a great degree; with intensity;...
Definitions
- Thorough; to a great degree; with intensity;...
Ancestry of “intensive”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | intensif | — |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | intensivus | intensive |
| 3 | Latin | intendere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 4 | Latin | intendo | I stretch out; I strain; I turn my attention to,... |
| 5 | Latin | in- | un-, non-, not; in, within, inside |
| 6 | Latin | in | in, at, on, upon, from; within, while in; into,... |
| 7 | Old Latin | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |