intrinsic

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1. Latin · derived fromintrīnsecus“on the inside, inwardly”
2. Middle French · derived fromintrinsèque
3. English todayintrinsic

From Middle French intrinsèque, from Latin intrīnsecus (“on the inside, inwardly”), from *intrim, an assumed adverbial form of inter (“within”) + secus (“by, on the side”).