Where does “Intrigant” come from?
Intrigant (German) comes from French intrigant, from French intriguant, from French intriguer, from Italian intrigare, from Latin intrīcō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.
Intrigant (German): schemer
Definitions
- schemer
Ancestry of “Intrigant”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | intrigant | devious, scheming; bizarre, odd |
| 2 | French | intriguant | present participle of intriguer |
| 3 | French | intriguer | to puzzle; to make interested or curious; to... |
| 4 | Italian | intrigare | to scheme, plot, intrigue; to entangle |
| 5 | Latin | intrīcō | to entangle, perplex, embarrass |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 7 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |