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Where does “intensifier” come from?

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

intensifier (French): to intensify

Definitions

  1. to intensify

Ancestry of “intensifier”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchintenseintense
2Middle Frenchintense—
3Old Frenchintense—
4Latinintēnsus—
5Latinintendō—
6Latinīn-—
7Latinîn—
8Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
9Proto-Italicenin
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “intensifier”

  • intensification
  • intensificare
  • intensifica
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →