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Where does “intuitif” come from?

intuitif (Middle French) comes from Medieval Latin intuitivus, from Latin intueri, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

Ancestry of “intuitif”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latinintuitivus—
2Latinintueripresent active infinitive of intueor; to intuit;...
3Latinîn—
4Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
5Proto-Italicenin
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “intuitif”

  • intuitive
  • intuitively
  • counterintuitive
  • intuit
  • intuitiveness
  • counterintuitively
  • unintuitive
  • nonintuitive
  • intuitable
  • counterintuitiveness
  • unintuitively
  • intuitivism
  • counterintuitivity
  • unintuitiveness
  • nonintuitively
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