Where does “intimate” come from?
intimate (Latin) comes from Latin intimo, from Latin intimus, from Latin intus, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
intimate (Latin): second-person plural present active imperative of...
Definitions
- second-person plural present active imperative of...
Ancestry of “intimate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | intimo | I tell, relate, narrate, recount, describe,... |
| 2 | Latin | intimus | inmost; profound; most or very secret or intimate |
| 3 | Latin | intus | within, inside; at home |
| 4 | Latin | în | — |
| 5 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |