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Where does “interdisciplinarity” come from?

Interdisciplinarity derives from English interdisciplinary, from Latin disciplīna meaning teaching or instruction, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European dek- meaning to take or receive.

interdisciplinarity (English): Any academic or scientific study that draws on...

Definitions

  1. Any academic or scientific study that draws on...

Ancestry of “interdisciplinarity”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishinterdisciplinaryOf or pertaining to multiple distinct academic...
2EnglishdisciplinaryHaving to do with discipline, or with the...
3Medieval Latindisciplinarius—
4Latindisciplinateaching, instruction, education; training;...
5Latindiscipulusstudent, pupil, disciple, schoolboy; cadet
6Latin-inanominative feminine singular of -īnus; nominative...
7Latin-īnus—
8Proto-Italic-īnosof/belonging to
9Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
10Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix
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