intransigent

The story

1. Latin · derived fromin-“un-, not”
2. Spanish · derived fromintransigente
3. French · borrowed fromintransigeant
4. English todayintransigent

Borrowed from French intransigeant, from Spanish intransigente, from Latin in- (“un-, not”) + trānsigēns, present participle of trānsigō (“to come to an understanding”), from trāns (“across”) + agō (“to do”).

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