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Where does “intonate” come from?

intonate (English) comes from Latin intonatus, from Latin intono, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

intonate (English): To intone or recite , "especially" emphatically...

Definitions

  1. To intone or recite , "especially" emphatically...

Ancestry of “intonate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinintonatus
2LatinintonoI thunder
3Latinīn-—
4Latinîn—
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →