Where does “interlinguistic” come from?

interlinguistic (English) comes from English linguistic, from German linguistisch, from German Linguistik, from English linguistics, from English -ics, from English -ic, from English image, from French image — in.

interlinguistic (English): Of or pertaining to interlinguistics; Between...

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to interlinguistics; Between...

Ancestry of “interlinguistic”, step by step

interlinguistic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English linguistic

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlinguisticOf or relating to language; Of or relating to...
2Germanlinguistischlinguistic
3GermanLinguistiklinguistics
4EnglishlinguisticsThe scientific study of language
5English-icsForms nouns referring to fields of knowledge or...
6English-icUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
7EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
8Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
9Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
10Spanishimagenimage
11Italianimmagineimage; imago
12Latinimāginem
13Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
14Latinīn-un-, non-, not
15Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
16Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
17Proto-Italicenin
18Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

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 Proto-Indo-European h₁én
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