Where does “intimacy” come from?
Intimacy comes from English intimate, derived from Latin intimare meaning to make innermost, from Latin intimus meaning innermost, formed from Latin in and Proto-Indo-European wel- meaning to turn or roll inward.
intimacy (English): Feeling or atmosphere of closeness and openness...
Definitions
- Feeling or atmosphere of closeness and openness...
Ancestry of “intimacy”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | intimate | Closely acquainted; familiar; Of or involved in a... |
| 2 | Latin | intimatus | |
| 3 | Latin | intimō | to tell, relate, narrate, recount, describe, intimate |
| 4 | Latin | intimus | inmost; profound; most or very secret or intimate |
| 5 | Latin | intus | within, inside; at home |
| 6 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |