Where does “interprofessional” come from?
Interprofessional derives from English professional, which comes from English profession, ultimately tracing to Proto-Indo-European welH- meaning to turn or roll.
interprofessional (English): Between professionals
Definitions
- Between professionals
Ancestry of “interprofessional”, step by step
interprofessional traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English professional
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | professional | A person who belongs to a profession; A person... |
| 2 | English | profession | A declaration of belief, faith or one's opinion,... |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | professioun | — |
| 4 | Old French | profession | profession; declaration |
| 5 | Latin | professiō | declaration, avowal, profession (act of professing) |
| 6 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 7 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 8 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 9 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 10 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 11 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 12 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
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 |