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Where does “intime” come from?

intime (Italian) comes from Italian intimo, from Latin intimus, from Latin intus, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

intime (Italian): feminine plural of intimo

Definitions

  1. feminine plural of intimo

Ancestry of “intime”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianintimointimate, close; intimate, private, innermost;...
2Latinintimusinmost; profound; most or very secret or intimate
3Latinintuswithin, inside; at home
4Latinîn—
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →