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- intumescence (n.)



[intumescence 词源字典] - 1650s, from French intumescence, from Latin intumescere (see intumescent).[intumescence etymology, intumescence origin, 英语词源]
- intumescent (adj.)




- 1796, from Latin intumescentem (nominative intumescens), present participle of intumescere "to swell up," from in- "in" (see in- (2)) + tumescere (see tumescence).
- inturn (n.)




- 1590s, "turning in of the toes" (especially in dancing), from in + turn.
- intussusception (n.)




- 1707, literally "a taking in," from Latin intus "within" (see ento-) + susceptionem "a taking up" (see susceptible).
- inundate (v.)




- 1620s, back-formation from inundation, or else from Latin inundatus, past participle of inundare "to overflow, run over" (see inundation). Related: Inundated; inundating.
- inundation (n.)




- early 15c., from Latin inundationem (nominative inundatio) "an overflowing," noun of action from past participle stem of inundare "to overflow," from in- "onto" (see in- (2)) + undare "to flow," from unda "wave" (see water (n.1)).
- inure (v.)




- early 15c., in ure "in practice," from obsolete ure "work, practice, exercise, use," probably from Old French uevre, oeuvre "work," from Latin opera (see opus). Related: Inured; inuring.
- inutile (adj.)




- late 15c., from French inutile (12c., inutele), from Latin inutilis "useless, unprofitable," from in- "not" (see in- (1)) + utilis (see utility).
- inutility (n.)




- 1590s, from Middle French inutilité (15c.), from Latin inutilitatem (nominative inutilitas) "uselessness," from inutilis (see inutile).
- invade (v.)




- late 15c., from Middle French invader "to invade," and directly from Latin invadere "to go into, enter upon; assail, assault, attack" (see invasion). Related: invaded; invading.
- invader (n.)




- 1540s, agent noun from invade.
- invaginate (v.)




- 1650s, from Medieval Latin invaginatus, past participle of invaginare "to put into a sheath," from Latin in- "in" (see in- (2)) + vagina "a sheath" (see vagina). Related: Invaginated; invagination.
- invalid (adj.1)




- "not strong, infirm," 1640s, from Latin invalidus "not strong, infirm, weak, feeble," from in- "not" (see in- (1)) + validus "strong" (see valid). Specific meaning "infirm from sickness, disease, or injury" is from 1640s.
- invalid (adj.2)




- "of no legal force," 1630s, from special use of Latin invalidus (see invalid (adj.1)).
- invalid (n.)




- 1709, originally of disabled military men, from invalid (adj.1). Invalides is short for French Hôtel des Invalides, home for old and disabled soldiers in the 7th arrondissement of Paris.
- invalidate (v.)




- 1640s, from invalid + -ate (2). Related: Invalidated; invalidating.
- invalidation (n.)




- 1771, noun of action from invalidate (v.).
- invalidity (n.)




- 1540s, from Latin invalidatus (see invalid (adj.)).
- invaluable (adj.)




- 1570s, "above value," from in- (1) "not" + value (v.) "estimate the worth of" + -able. It also has been used in a sense "without value, worthless" (1630s).
- invariability (n.)




- 1640s, from invariable + -ity.