Where does “intrigue” come from?
intrigue (French) comes from French intriguer, from Italian intrigare, from Latin intrīcō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
intrigue (French): intrigue; inflection of intriguer: ##...
Definitions
- intrigue; inflection of intriguer: ##...
Ancestry of “intrigue”, step by step
intrigue traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French intriguer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | intriguer | to puzzle; to make interested or curious; to... |
| 2 | Italian | intrigare | to scheme, plot, intrigue; to entangle |
| 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 Italian intricare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | intricare | to tangle; to complicate |