Where does “intriguer” come from?

intriguer (French) comes 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.

intriguer (French): to puzzle; to make interested or curious; to...

Definitions

  1. to puzzle; to make interested or curious; to...

Ancestry of “intriguer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianintrigareto scheme, plot, intrigue; to entangle
2Latinintrīcōto entangle, perplex, embarrass
3Latinīn-un-, non-, not
4Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “intriguer”

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