Where does “interbirth” come from?

interbirth (English) comes from English inter, from Middle English enteren, from French entrer, from Middle French entrer, from Old French entrer, from Latin intrō, from Latin intra, from Latin interus — Contrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix.

interbirth (English): Between births

Definitions

  1. Between births

Ancestry of “interbirth”, step by step

interbirth traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English inter

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishinterTo bury in a grave; To confine, as in a prison
2Middle Englishenteren
3Frenchentrerto enter
4Middle Frenchentrerto enter
5Old Frenchentrerto enter
6Latinintrōto enter, go into, come in, get in, penetrate
7Latinintrawithin; inside; during; less than
8Latininterus
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énterosinside, within
10Proto-Indo-European-terosContrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix

via English birth

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbirthThe process of childbearing; the beginning of...
2Middle Englishbirthen
3Old Englishbyrþenburden
4Proto-West Germanicburþiniburden
5Proto-West Germanicburþīburden
6Proto-Germanicburþį̄burden
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰēr-shiny, light brown
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -teros