Where does “intrigare” come from?

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

intrigare (Italian): to scheme, plot, intrigue; to entangle

Definitions

  1. to scheme, plot, intrigue; to entangle

Ancestry of “intrigare”, step by step

intrigare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin intrīcō

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

via Latin intrīcāre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinintrīcāre

Words derived from “intrigare

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én
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