Where does “interreligious” come from?
Interreligious derives from English religious combined with Latin inter- (between), from Latin inter (between), related to Latin volvere (to turn), Latin -osus (full of), Proto-Indo-European wel- (to turn), Latin ligo (to bind), and Latin lex (law).
interreligious (English): Involving more than one religion
Definitions
- Involving more than one religion
Ancestry of “interreligious”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | religious | Concerning religion; Committed to the practice or... |
| 2 | Latin | religiositas | religiousness |
| 3 | Latin | religiōsus | pious, devout, religious |
| 4 | Latin | religiō | scrupulousness, conscientious exactness |
| 5 | Latin | religō | to bind fast |
| 6 | Latin | rĕ- | back, backwards |
| 7 | Latin | prōdūcō | to lead or bring forth, forward or out |
| 8 | Latin | prō- | forward direction, forward movement |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |