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Where does “intonare” come from?

intonare (Italian) comes from Italian in-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

intonare (Italian): to start to sing; to tune in; to match

Definitions

  1. to start to sing; to tune in; to match

Ancestry of “intonare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianin-un-; in-; a-
2Latinīn-—
3Latinîn—
4Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
5Proto-Italicenin
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “intonare”

  • intonabile
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →