Etymologically
← History of intensive

intensive English · revision 13232

17 Oct 2026, 06:19 by bogdan “Link foreign words in the Etymology (relink.py)” current version

Changes in this edit

@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@
==Etymology==
− It is late Middle English, [[bor|fro|intensif]], with Medieval Latin intēnsīvus,^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)^(SOED 2002) from Latin intēns-, past participle stem of intendere, to turn one's attention, strain, stretch (see [[intend]], [[intense]]).^(Etymonline)^(NODE 1998)
+ It is late Middle English, [[bor|fro|intensif]], with [[la-med|intēnsīvus]],^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)^(SOED 2002) from [[la|intēns-]], past participle stem of [[m|la|intendere]], to turn one's attention, strain, stretch (see [[intend]], [[intense]]).^(Etymonline)^(NODE 1998)
==Earliest recorded meaning==