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

  1. feminine plural of intricato; second-person...

Ancestry of “intricate”, step by step

intricate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian intricare

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianintricareto tangle; to complicate
2Latinintrīcōto entangle, perplex, embarrass
3Latinīn-un-, non-, not
4Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via Italian intricato

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianintricatointricate, entangled, tangled, complicated;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énEvery word from Latin īn-Every word from Proto-Italic en