Where does “intensifica” come from?

intensifica (Romanian) comes from French intensifier, from French intense, from Middle French intense, from Old French intense, from Latin intēnsus, from Latin intendō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.

intensifica (Romanian): to intensify

Definitions

  1. to intensify

Ancestry of “intensifica”, step by step

intensifica traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French intensifier

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchintensifierto intensify
2Frenchintenseintense
3Middle Frenchintense
4Old Frenchintense
5Latinintēnsusintent, eager
6Latinintendōto stretch out; to strain
7Latinīn-un-, non-, not
8Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
9Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
10Proto-Italicenin
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via Italian intensificare

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianintensificareto intensify, enhance, augment; to increase, step...
2Italianintensointense, strong; intensive, busy, concentrated

Words derived from “intensifica

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