Where does “intimité” come from?
intimité (French) comes from French intime, from Latin intimus, from Latin intus, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
intimité (French): intimacy; closeness
Definitions
- intimacy; closeness
Ancestry of “intimité”, step by step
intimité traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French intime
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | intime | intimate; inner |
| 2 | Latin | intimus | inmost; profound; most or very secret or intimate |
| 3 | Latin | intus | within, inside; at home |
| 4 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 5 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via Latin intimitās
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | intimitās | — |