Inter Definition

Origin of Inter

• From Old French enterrer, from Vulgar Latin *interrāre (“to put in earth”), from in- +‎ terra (“earth”). Cognates include Spanish/Portuguese/Galician/Catalan enterrar (“to inter, to bury”), Italian interrare (“to plant, to dig in”).

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• Middle English enteren from Old French enterrer from Medieval Latin interrāre Latin in- in in–² Latin terra earth ters- in Indo-European roots

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

• L < inter, between, among < IE *enter, *ṇter (compar. of base *en, in) > OFr entre-, Sans antár, within, OE under, Ger unter, among, Gr enteron, intestine

  From Webster's New World College Dictionary, 5th Edition

• Middle English entre-, inter- from Old French entre- from Latin inter- from inter en in Indo-European roots

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

• From Latin inter- (“between"), changed to intel- before l as in intellegere; see also inter (“between").

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