Intrinsic Definition
ĭn-trĭnzĭk, -sĭk
adjective
Belonging to the real nature of a thing; not dependent on external circumstances; essential; inherent.
Webster's New World
Located within, or exclusively of, a part.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Intrinsic
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From Middle French intrinsèque, from Latin intrinsecus (“on the inside, inwardly”), from *intrim, an assumed adverbial form of inter (“within”) + seccus (“by, on the side”)
From Wiktionary
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Middle English intrinsique inner from Old French intrinseque from Late Latin intrīnsecus inward from Latin inwardly en in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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