INTRINSIC (through Fr. intrinsique, from

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• LAT

Lat. intrinsecus, inwardly; inter, within, secus, following, from

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• ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
• ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )

root of sequi, to follow)  , an adjective originally applied to something internal or inside another, but now ordinarily used to express a quality inherent in or inseparable from a person, thing or abstract conception . In anatomy the term is, however, still used of a muscle which has both its origin and insertion in the organ in which it is found .