Where does “interjoist” come from?
interjoist (English) comes from English inter, from Middle English enteren, from French entrer, from Middle French entrer, from Old French entrer, from Latin intrō, from Latin intra, from Latin interus — Contrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix.
interjoist (English): The space or interval between two joists; A...
Definitions
- The space or interval between two joists; A...
Ancestry of “interjoist”, step by step
interjoist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 |
via English joist
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | joist | A piece of timber laid horizontally, or nearly... |
| 2 | Old French | giste | resting-place |
| 3 | Old French | gesir | to lie down; to rest, to take rest |
| 4 | Latin | iacere | present active infinitive of iaciō; second-person... |
| 5 | Latin | iaceō | to lie prostrate, lie down; recline |
| 6 | Latin | -eō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -ēō | Forms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -ējō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₁yeti | Thematicization of the athematic stative verbal... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |