Where does “unintricate” come from?
unintricate (English) comes from English intricate, from Latin intricatus, from Latin intrīcō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
unintricate (English): Not intricate
Definitions
- Not intricate
Ancestry of “unintricate”, step by step
unintricate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English intricate
| 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 |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |