Where does “interfractional” come from?
interfractional (English) comes from English fractional, from English fraction, from Middle English fraccioun, from Occitan fraccion, from Latin fractio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
interfractional (English): Synonym of interfraction
Definitions
- Synonym of interfraction
Ancestry of “interfractional”, step by step
interfractional traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English fractional
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fractional | Pertaining to a fraction; Divided; fragmentary;... |
| 2 | English | fraction | A part of a whole, especially a comparatively... |
| 3 | Middle English | fraccioun | a breaking |
| 4 | Occitan | fraccion | a part; fraction |
| 5 | Latin | fractio | the action of breaking; fraction |
| 6 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 7 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 8 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 9 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 10 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 11 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 12 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
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 |