Where does “intimately” come from?
Intimately comes from English intimate, from Latin intimare, from Latin intimus meaning innermost, from the superlative suffix -imus applied to Latin in, from Proto-Indo-European en and wel-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ḱóm.
intimately (English): In an intimate manner
Definitions
- In an intimate manner
Ancestry of “intimately”, 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 |