Where does “inte” come from?
inte (Ligurian) comes from Latin intus, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
inte (Ligurian): in, inside
Ancestry of “inte”, step by step
inte traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin intus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | intus | within, inside; at home |
| 2 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 3 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via Ligurian e
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ligurian | e | and; the |
| 2 | Latin | et | and; plus; though, even if |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | éti | beyond; over |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁é | and, then |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰe | Postpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact |
Words derived from “inte”