Where does “interment” come from?
Interment comes from Middle English interment, from Old French enterrement, from Latin interrāre (to bury in earth), formed from in- (in) and terrā (earth).
interment (English): The act of burying a dead body; burial
Definitions
- The act of burying a dead body; burial
Ancestry of “interment”, step by step
| 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 |