- intimate (adj.)
- 1630s, "closely acquainted, very familiar," from L.L. intimatus, pp. of intimare "make known, announce, impress," from L. intimus "inmost" (adj.), "close friend" (n.), superl. of in "in." Used euphemistically of women's underwear from 1904.
- intimate (v.)
- 1530s, back formation from intimation (q.v.).