Where does “interknuckle” come from?
interknuckle (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.
interknuckle (English): Between knuckles
Definitions
- Between knuckles
Ancestry of “interknuckle”, step by step
interknuckle 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 knuckle
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | knuckle | Any of the joints between the phalanges of the... |
| 2 | Middle English | knokel | finger joint |
| 3 | Old English | cnucel | the juncture of two bones; knuckle; joint |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | knukil | knuckle, joint, small bone |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | knukilaz | knuckle, small bone; knot, bump |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | knukô | joint, bone |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gnew- | a bundle; knot; knot, bundle |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gen- | to squeeze, pinch, kink, ball up, concentrate; to... |