Where does “intensificare” come from?
intensificare (Romanian) comes from Romanian intensifica, from French intensifier, from French intense, from Middle French intense, from Old French intense, from Latin intēnsus, from Latin intendō, from Latin īn- — in.
intensificare (Romanian): intensification
Definitions
- intensification
Ancestry of “intensificare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | intensifica | to intensify |
| 2 | French | intensifier | to intensify |
| 3 | French | intense | intense |
| 4 | Middle French | intense | — |
| 5 | Old French | intense | — |
| 6 | Latin | intēnsus | intent, eager |
| 7 | Latin | intendō | to stretch out; to strain |
| 8 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 9 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 10 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |