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
- To intone or recite , "especially" emphatically...
Ancestry of “intonate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | intonatus | |
| 2 | Latin | intono | I thunder |
| 3 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 4 | Latin | în | — |
| 5 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |