Intensive formations, for example, existed in Proto-Indo-European, and in many of the Semitic languages.
Many modern-day intensives are generally considered vulgar or otherwise inappropriate in polite conversation, such as "the hell" or "the fuck".
In American English, the usage of "this/that" has become common in intensive form.
Hebrew uses intensifiers to show distinction between the pi`el (intensive) and hiph`il (causative) binyans.
[3] Latin had verbal prefixes e- and per- that could be more or less freely added onto any verb and variously added such meanings as "To put a great deal of effort into doing something".