Where does “interfrat” come from?

interfrat (English) comes from English frat, from English fraternity, from Old French fraternité, from Latin frāternitās, from Latin frāternus, from French -iser, from Old French -iser, from Latin -izo — he, she.

interfrat (English): Between fraternities

Definitions

  1. Between fraternities

Ancestry of “interfrat”, step by step

interfrat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English frat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfratShortened form of fraternity, college...
2EnglishfraternityThe quality of being brothers or brotherly;...
3Old Frenchfraternitébrotherhood; fraternity
4Latinfrāternitāsbrotherhood
5Latinfrāternusbrotherly, fraternal
6French-iser-ise/-ize
7Old French-iser-ize
8Latin-izoUsed to form verbs from nouns and adjectives
9Ancient Greek-ίζεινpresent active infinitive of -ίζω; -ize
10Ancient Greek-ίζωUsed to form verbs from nouns, adjectives and...
11Proto-Hellenic-íďďō
12Proto-Indo-European-idyéti
13Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
14Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-
15Chichewaiyehe, she

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 Chichewa iyeEvery word from Proto-Indo-European -yétiEvery word from French -iser