Where does “interparticipant” come from?
interparticipant (English) comes from English participant, from Middle French participant, from Latin participāns, from Latin participō, from Latin particeps, from Latin -ceps, from Old Latin -cipes, from Proto-Italic -kaputis — to seize, hold.
interparticipant (English): Between participants
Definitions
- Between participants
Ancestry of “interparticipant”, step by step
interparticipant traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English participant
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | participant | One who participates; Sharing; participating;... |
| 2 | Middle French | participant | — |
| 3 | Latin | participāns | partaking |
| 4 | Latin | participō | to partake of, participate in |
| 5 | Latin | particeps | sharing |
| 6 | Latin | -ceps | -headed; -fold; -catcher |
| 7 | Old Latin | -cipes | "third declension"; Alternative form of -ceps;... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -kaputis | -headed |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kaput | head |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | káput | head |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kap- | to seize, hold |
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 |