Where does “interrhyme” come from?
interrhyme (English) comes from English inter, from Middle English enteren, from French entrer, from Middle French entrer, from Old French entrer, from Latin intrō, from Latin intra, from Latin interus — Contrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix.
interrhyme (English): To rhyme with each other
Definitions
- To rhyme with each other
Ancestry of “interrhyme”, step by step
interrhyme 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 rhyme
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | rhyme | Rhyming verse; A thought expressed in verse; a... |
| 2 | Middle English | rimen | to count, enumerate |
| 3 | Old English | rīman | to count, enumerate, number; to count, number,... |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | rūmijan | to make room, to clear out |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | rūmijaną | to make room, to clear |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | rūmaz | roomy, spacious, open |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | rewh₁- | free space |