Where does “semintensivo” come from?
semintensivo (Italian) comes from Italian intensivo, from Medieval Latin intensivus, from Latin intendere, from Latin intendo, from Latin in-, from Latin in, from Old Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.
semintensivo (Italian): semi-intensive (between extensive and intensive)
Definitions
- semi-intensive (between extensive and intensive)
Ancestry of “semintensivo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | intensivo | intensive |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | intensivus | intensive |
| 3 | Latin | intendere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 4 | Latin | intendo | I stretch out; I strain; I turn my attention to,... |
| 5 | Latin | in- | un-, non-, not; in, within, inside |
| 6 | Latin | in | in, at, on, upon, from; within, while in; into,... |
| 7 | Old Latin | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |