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Where does “intrinsèque” come from?

intrinsèque (Middle French) comes from Latin intrīnsecus, from Latin inter, from Proto-Indo-European h₁entér, from Proto-Indo-European h₁en — in; in, inside.

Ancestry of “intrinsèque”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinintrīnsecus—
2Latininterbetween, among; during, while
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁entérbetween
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁enin; in, inside

Words derived from “intrinsèque”

  • intrinsic
  • intrinsically
  • intrinsicoid
  • intrinsicness
  • nonintrinsic
  • subintrinsic
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