Where does “intrinsec” come from?
intrinsec (Romanian) comes from French intrinsèque, from Latin intrīnsecus, from Latin inter, from Proto-Indo-European h₁entér, from Proto-Indo-European h₁en — in; in, inside.
intrinsec (Romanian): intrinsic
Definitions
- intrinsic
Ancestry of “intrinsec”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | intrinsèque | intrinsic |
| 2 | Latin | intrīnsecus | internally (on the inside) |
| 3 | Latin | inter | between, among; during, while |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁entér | between |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁en | in; in, inside |