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Where does “interrater” come from?

Interrater comes from English rate, blended with Latin inter meaning "between," ultimately deriving from Latin reor meaning "to think or judge."

interrater (English): Between raters

Definitions

  1. Between raters

Ancestry of “interrater”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishinterTo bury in a grave; To confine, as in a prison
2Middle Englishenteren—
3Frenchentrerto enter
4Middle Frenchentrerto enter
5Old Frenchentrerto enter
6Latinintrō—
7Latinintrawithin; inside; during; less than
8Latininterus—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énterosinside, within
10Proto-Indo-European-terosContrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix
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