Where does “intricate” come from?
intricate (Italian) comes from Italian intricare, from Latin intrīcō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
intricate (Italian): feminine plural of intricato; second-person...
Definitions
- feminine plural of intricato; second-person...
Ancestry of “intricate”, step by step
intricate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian intricare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | intricare | to tangle; to complicate |
| 2 | Latin | intrīcō | to entangle, perplex, embarrass |
| 3 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 4 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 5 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via Italian intricato
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | intricato | intricate, entangled, tangled, complicated;... |