Where does “заинтриговать” come from?
заинтриговать (Russian) comes from Russian интригова́ть, from Russian интри́га, from French intrigue, from French intriguer, from Italian intrigare, from Latin intrīcō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.
заинтриговать (Russian): to intrigue, to arouse interest in (someone)
Definitions
- to intrigue, to arouse interest in (someone)
Ancestry of “заинтриговать”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | интригова́ть | to plot, to scheme |
| 2 | Russian | интри́га | intrigue, plot also in literature |
| 3 | French | intrigue | intrigue; inflection of intriguer: ##... |
| 4 | French | intriguer | to puzzle; to make interested or curious; to... |
| 5 | Italian | intrigare | to scheme, plot, intrigue; to entangle |
| 6 | Latin | intrīcō | to entangle, perplex, embarrass |
| 7 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 8 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 9 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |