Where does “intima” come from?
intima (Romanian) comes from French intimer, from Latin intimare, from Latin intimus, from Latin intus, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
intima (Romanian): to intimate
Definitions
- to intimate
Ancestry of “intima”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | intimer | to tell, to notify with authority |
| 2 | Latin | intimare | present active infinitive of intimō;... |
| 3 | Latin | intimus | inmost; profound; most or very secret or intimate |
| 4 | Latin | intus | within, inside; at home |
| 5 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |