Where does “intricately” come from?
Intricately comes from Latin intricatus, the past participle of intricare meaning to entangle, derived from the prefix in- and the root meaning not.
intricately (English): In an intricate manner; with involution or...
Definitions
- In an intricate manner; with involution or...
Ancestry of “intricately”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | intricate | Having a great deal of fine detail or complexity;... |
| 2 | Latin | intricatus | entangled; intricate, complex |
| 3 | Latin | intrīcō | to entangle, perplex, embarrass |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 5 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |