Where does “intrigo” come from?
intrigo (English) comes from Italian intrigo, from Italian intrigare, from Latin intrīcō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
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Ancestry of “intrigo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | intrigo | intrigue; scheme, plot; first-person singular... |
| 2 | Italian | intrigare | to scheme, plot, intrigue; to entangle |
| 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 |