Where does “intense” come from?

intense (French) comes from Middle French intense, from Old French intense, from Latin intēnsus, from Latin intendō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.

intense (French): intense

Definitions

  1. intense

Ancestry of “intense”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchintense—
2Old Frenchintense—
3Latinintēnsusintent, eager
4Latinintendōto stretch out; to strain
5Latinīn-un-, non-, not
6Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
7Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
8Proto-Italicenin
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “intense”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Latin īn- →Every word from Proto-Italic en →