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
Definitions
- Between bones
Ancestry of “interosseous”, step by step
interosseous 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 osseous
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | osseous | Of, relating to, or made of bone; bony |
| 2 | Latin | osseus | bone |
| 3 | Latin | -eus | argentum + API → argenteus; ferrum + API →... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -εῖος | Forms adjectives, usually with a meaning of "of"... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHwós | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -wós | Creates adjectives from verb stems |