Where does “intercivilizational” come from?

intercivilizational (English) comes from English civilizational, from English civilization, from French civilisation, from French -ation, from Middle French -ation, from Old French -ation, from Latin -ātiō, from Latin -tiō — limestone; chalk; the finish line.

intercivilizational (English): Between civilizations

Definitions

  1. Between civilizations

Ancestry of “intercivilizational”, step by step

intercivilizational traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English civilizational

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcivilizationalPertaining to or arising from civilization
2EnglishcivilizationAn organized culture encompassing many...
3Frenchcivilisationcivilization
4French-ationUsed to indicate action, condition, result or effect; -ation
5Middle French-ationation
6Old French-ationation
7Latin-ātiō
8Latin-tiōtion, -ation, -ing
9Latindissertātiō(spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition
10Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
11Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
12Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
13Latincalceusshoe
14Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line

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
Every word from Latin calx