Where does “intercanyon” come from?
intercanyon (English) comes from English canyon, from Spanish cañón, from Spanish -ón, from English -ön, from English -one, from English ketone, from German Keton, from German Aketon — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.
intercanyon (English): Situated or occurring between two or more canyons
Definitions
- Situated or occurring between two or more canyons
Ancestry of “intercanyon”, step by step
intercanyon traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English canyon
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | canyon | A valley, especially a long, narrow, steep... |
| 2 | Spanish | cañón | canyon |
| 3 | Spanish | -ón | emphasizes that something is large, grand,... |
| 4 | English | -ön | Forming nouns denoting subatomic particles and quanta |
| 5 | English | -one | a ketone; any similar compound containing a... |
| 6 | English | ketone | A homologous series of organic molecules whose... |
| 7 | German | Keton | ketone |
| 8 | German | Aketon | acetone |
| 9 | French | acétone | acetone |
| 10 | Latin | acētum | vinegar |
| 11 | French | -ate | ate |
| 12 | Latin | -ātus | ed |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | -ātos | — |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂tos | Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality |
via English inter
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | inter | To bury in a grave; To confine, as in a prison |
| 2 | Middle English | enteren | — |
| 3 | French | entrer | to enter |
| 4 | Middle French | entrer | to enter |
| 5 | Old French | entrer | to enter |
| 6 | Latin | intrō | to enter, go into, come in, get in, penetrate |
| 7 | Latin | intra | within; inside; during; less than |
| 8 | Latin | interus | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁énteros | inside, within |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -teros | Contrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix |