Where does “intervention” come from?

Intervention derives from Middle French intervention, from Latin interventio (a coming between), built on Latin venio (to come) from Proto-Indo-European gʷem- (to go or come).

intervention (English): The action of intervening; interfering in some...

Definitions

  1. The action of intervening; interfering in some...

Ancestry of “intervention”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchintervention
2Latininterventiōguarantee, caution
3Latin-tiōtion, -ation, -ing
4Latindissertātiō(spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition
5Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
6Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
7Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
8Latincalceusshoe
9Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
10Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble

Words derived from “intervention

Every word from Ancient Greek χάλιξ