Where does “unintimacy” come from?
unintimacy (English) comes from English intimacy, from English intimate, from Latin intimatus, from Latin intimō, from Latin intimus, from Latin intus, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.
unintimacy (English): Lack of intimacy
Ancestry of “unintimacy”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | intimacy | Feeling or atmosphere of closeness and openness... |
| 2 | English | intimate | Closely acquainted; familiar; Of or involved in a... |
| 3 | Latin | intimatus | |
| 4 | Latin | intimō | — |
| 5 | Latin | intimus | inmost; profound; most or very secret or intimate |
| 6 | Latin | intus | within, inside; at home |
| 7 | Latin | în | — |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |