Etymology

intrigue

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Today it means: A complicated or clandestine plot or scheme intended to effect some purpose by secret artifice; conspiracy; stratagem; the practice of engaging in hidden schemes. Full definition →

French intrigue ← Italian intricare ← Latin intrīcō
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromintrīcō“to entangle, perplex, embarrass”
  2. Italian · derived fromintricare
  3. French · borrowed fromintrigue
  4. English todayintrigue

Borrowed from French intrigue, from Italian intricare, from Latin intrīcō (“to entangle, perplex, embarrass”). Doublet of intricate.

Words from the same roots

Latinintrīcō all →

intricable

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