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

Definitions

  1. Lack of intimacy

Ancestry of “unintimacy”, step by step

unintimacy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English intimacy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishintimacyFeeling or atmosphere of closeness and openness...
2EnglishintimateClosely acquainted; familiar; Of or involved in a...
3Latinintimatus
4Latinintimōto tell, relate, narrate, recount, describe, intimate
5Latinintimusinmost; profound; most or very secret or intimate
6Latinintuswithin, inside; at home
7Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
8Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
9Proto-Italicenin
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via English un

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunOne
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énEvery word from Proto-Italic enEvery word from Latin en
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