English
intime
Intime comes from Latin intimus ‘innermost’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁én‘in’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁éntm̥mos‘innermost’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEintimus‘innermost’by way of French intime
- Englishearliest quotation a. 1665intime
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁én‘in’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁éntm̥mos‘innermost’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEintimus‘innermost’by way of French intime
- Englishearliest quotation a. 1665intime
Earliest quotation: a. 1665, Sir Kenelm Digby: “As to the composition or dissolution of mixed bodies,…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’
in, internal, entrance, encounter, indigenous, ensemble, impulse, intern, incense, endo, incubation, intestine, dysentery, incubus, incubate, agog, impel, censer, interregnum, enteral, 32 more
Today it means
adj inward; internal; intimate
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₁én / intime