intensify的词源

英文词源

intensify (v.)

1817, from intense + -ify, first attested in Coleridge, in place of intend, which he said no longer was felt as connected with intense. Middle English used intensen (v.) "to increase (something), strengthen, intensify," early 15c. Related: Intensified; intensifying.

中文词源

intensify：使加剧，强化

来自intense,剧烈的，强烈的。

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：intensify 词源，intensify 含义。

intensify：加紧，加剧

词根词缀： in-入,向内 + -tens-延伸 + -ify动词词尾