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
- Of, pertaining to, or featuring interaction
Ancestry of “interactional”, step by step
interactional traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English AL
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | AL | Initialism of assembly language; Initialism of... |
| 2 | Dutch | al | all, all of; already; yet |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | al | all, all of; completely; even though, no matter... |
| 4 | Old Dutch | āl | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | all | all |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | allaz | all |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂él- | to grow, nourish |
via English interaction
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | interaction | The situation or occurrence in which two or more... |
| 2 | Latin | inter | between, among; during, while |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁entér | between |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁en | in; in, inside |