Where does “intontire” come from?
intontire (Italian) comes from Italian tonto, from Latin attonitus, from Latin attono, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.
intontire (Italian): to stun, daze; to make someone dizzy
Definitions
- to stun, daze; to make someone dizzy
Ancestry of “intontire”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | tonto | stupid, silly, dumb, foolish; a fool, a stupid... |
| 2 | Latin | attonitus | struck by lightning; stunned, stupefied, dazed |
| 3 | Latin | attono | I strike with lightning; I distract |
| 4 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 6 | Latin | în | — |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
Words derived from “intontire”