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 (words), especially emphatically or in a chanting manner

Definitions

  1. To intone or recite (words), especially emphatically or in a chanting manner

Ancestry of “intonate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinintonatus
2LatinintonoI thunder
3Latinīn-un-, non-, not
4Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Latin īn- →Every word from Proto-Italic en →