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Where does “interactional” come from?

Interactional derives from English interaction, which combines English action from Latin actus (past participle of agere, meaning to do or drive) with Latin inter- (meaning between or among).

interactional (English): Of, pertaining to, or featuring interaction

Definitions

  1. Of, pertaining to, or featuring interaction

Ancestry of “interactional”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishALInitialism of assembly language; Initialism of...
2Dutchalall, all of; already; yet
3Middle Dutchalall, all of; completely; even though, no matter...
4Old Dutchāl—
5Proto-West Germanicallall
6Proto-Germanicallazall
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂él-—

Words derived from “interactional”

  • interactionally
  • interactionalism
  • interactionalist
  • noninteractional
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂él- →