Where does “interosseous” come from?
Interosseous comes from Latin interosseous, formed from Latin inter meaning between and Latin osseous meaning bony, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European welH- meaning to turn or roll.
interosseous (English): Between bones
Ancestry of “interosseous”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 | — |
| 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 |