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Where does “internship” come from?

Internship derives from English intern, from French interner, from Latin interne meaning "within," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European wel- meaning "to turn or roll."

internship (English): A job taken by a student in order to learn a...

Definitions

  1. A job taken by a student in order to learn a...

Ancestry of “internship”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishinternA person who is interned, forcibly or...
2Frenchinternerto intern, to imprison; to section
3Latininternevocative masculine singular of internus; inner,...
4Latin-ē—
5Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
6Latincalceusshoe
7Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
8Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble
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