Where does “intonație” come from?

intonație (Romanian) comes from French intonation, from Medieval Latin intonatio, from Latin intono, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

intonație (Romanian): intonation

Definitions

  1. intonation

Ancestry of “intonație”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchintonationintonation (all senses)
2Medieval Latinintonatio—
3LatinintonoI thunder
4Latinīn-un-, non-, not
5Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Latin īn- →Every word from Proto-Italic en →