Where does “interlegislative” come from?
interlegislative (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.
interlegislative (English): Between legislative bodies
Definitions
- Between legislative bodies
Ancestry of “interlegislative”, step by step
interlegislative 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 legislative
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | legislative | Making, or having the power to make, a law or... |
| 2 | English | legislate | To pass laws |
| 3 | English | legislation | The act of legislating; preparation and enactment... |
| 4 | Late Latin | legislatio | the giving of the law |
| 5 | Latin | legis | genitive singular of lēx; second-person singular... |
| 6 | Latin | lego | I choose, select, appoint; I collect, gather,... |
| 7 | Latin | lex | a proposition or motion for a law made to the... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | lēg- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ-s | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |