Where does “intertranslatability” come from?

intertranslatability (English) comes from English translatability, from English translatable, from English translate, from Middle English translaten, from Old French translater, from Latin trānslātiō, from Latin trānsferō, from Latin ferō — shiny, light brown.

intertranslatability (English): The quality of being intertranslatable

Definitions

  1. The quality of being intertranslatable

Ancestry of “intertranslatability”, step by step

intertranslatability traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English translatability

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtranslatabilityThe quality or property of being translatable;...
2EnglishtranslatableCapable of being translated into another...
3EnglishtranslateSenses relating to the change of information,...
4Middle EnglishtranslatenTo transport or move; to cause to change place;...
5Old Frenchtranslaterto translate
6LatintrānslātiōTranslation, in the broadest sense: the process of transferring or carrying something over from one thing to another; in particular
7Latintrānsferōto bear, carry or bring across or over; transport, transfer, convey over
8Latinferōto bear; to carry
9Proto-Italicferōcarry, bear
10Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰéretito be carrying
11Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰēr-shiny, light brown

via English inter

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishinterTo bury in a grave; To confine, as in a prison
2Middle Englishenteren
3Frenchentrerto enter
4Middle Frenchentrerto enter
5Old Frenchentrerto enter
6Latinintrōto enter, go into, come in, get in, penetrate
7Latinintrawithin; inside; during; less than
8Latininterus
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énterosinside, within
10Proto-Indo-European-terosContrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰēr-Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰéretiEvery word from Proto-Italic ferō
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