Where does “intimus” come from?

intimus (Latin) comes from Latin intus, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

intimus (Latin): inmost; profound; most or very secret or intimate

Definitions

  1. inmost; profound; most or very secret or intimate

Ancestry of “intimus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinintuswithin, inside; at home
2Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
3Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
4Proto-Italicenin
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “intimus

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én
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