Where does “intriguery” come from?
intriguery (English) comes from English intrigue, from French intrigue, from French intriguer, from Italian intrigare, from Latin intrīcō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.
intriguery (English): The practice of intrigue
Definitions
- The practice of intrigue
Ancestry of “intriguery”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | intrigue | A complicated or clandestine plot or scheme... |
| 2 | French | intrigue | intrigue; inflection of intriguer: ##... |
| 3 | French | intriguer | to puzzle; to make interested or curious; to... |
| 4 | Italian | intrigare | to scheme, plot, intrigue; to entangle |
| 5 | Latin | intrīcō | to entangle, perplex, embarrass |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 7 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |