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intent (n.)[intent 词源字典]: "purpose," early 13c., from Old French entente, from Latin intentus "a stretching out," in Late Latin "intention, attention," noun use of past participle of intendere "stretch out, lean toward, strain," literally "to stretch out" (see intend).[intent etymology, intent origin, 英语词源]
intent (adj.): "very attentive," late 14c., from Latin intentus "attentive, eager, waiting, strained," past participle of intendere "to strain, stretch" (see intend). Related: Intently.
intention (n.): mid-14c., from Old French entencion "stretching, intensity, will, thought" (12c.), from Latin intentionem (nominative intentio) "a stretching out, straining, exertion, effort; attention," noun of action from intendere "to turn one's attention," literally "to stretch out" (see intend).
intentional (adj.): 1520s, from Medieval Latin intentionalis, from intentionem (see intention). Intentional fallacy recorded from 1946. Related: Intentionality.
intentionally (adv.): "on purpose," 1660s; see intentional + -ly (2).
intentions (n.): "one's purposes with regard to courtship and marriage," by 1796; see intention.
intentive (adj.): late 13c., from Old French ententif, intentif (12c.), from Late Latin intentivus, from intent-, past participle stem of intendere (see intend).
inter (v.): c. 1300, from Old French enterer (11c.), from Medieval Latin interrare "put in the earth, bury," from Latin in- "in" (see in- (2)) + terra "earth" (see terrain). Related: Interred; interring.
inter alia: Latin, literally "amongst other things." (Latin for "among other persons" is inter alios), from inter "among, between" (see inter-).
inter-: Latin inter (prep., adv.) "among, between, betwixt, in the midst of," from PIE *enter "between, among" (cognates: Sanskrit antar, Old Persian antar "among, between," Greek entera (plural) "intestines," Old Irish eter, Old Welsh ithr "among, between," Gothic undar, Old English under "under"), a comparative of *en "in" (see in). Also in certain Latin phrases in English, such as inter alia "among other things." A living prefix in English from 15c. Spelled entre- in French, most words borrowed into English in that form were re-spelled 16c. to conform with Latin except entertain, enterprise.
inter-war (adj.): 1939, in reference to the period between the world wars, from inter- + war (n.).
interact (v.): "to act on each other," 1805, from inter- + act (v.). Related: Interacted; interacting.
interaction (n.): 1812, from inter- + action.
interactive (adj.): 1832, from interact, probably on model of active. Related: Interactivity.
interbreed (v.): 1859, from inter- + breed. Related: Interbred; interbreeding.
intercalary (adj.): 1610s, from Latin intercalarius, from intercalare (see intercalate).
intercalate (v.): "to insert a day into the calendar," 1610s, from Latin intercalatus, past participle of intercalare "to proclaim the insertion of an intercalary day," from inter- "between" (see inter-) + calare (see calendar). Related: Intercalated; intercalating.
intercalation (n.): 1570s, from Latin intercalationem (nominative intercalatio) "insertion of an intercalary day," noun of action from past participle stem of intercalare (see intercalate).
intercede (v.): 1570s, a back-formation from intercession, or else from Latin intercedere "intervene, come between, be between," from inter- "between" (see inter-) + cedere "go" (see cede). Related: Interceded; interceding.
intercept (v.): c. 1400, from Latin interceptus, past participle of intercipere "take or seize between, to seize in passing," from inter- "between" (see inter-) + -cipere, comb. form of capere "to take, catch" (see capable). Related: Intercepted; intercepting.