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
- The action of intervening; interfering in some...
Ancestry of “intervention”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | intervention | — |
| 2 | Latin | interventiō | guarantee, caution |
| 3 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 4 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 5 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 6 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 8 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 9 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
Words derived from “intervention”
- intervene
- interventional
- nonintervention
- intervener
- intervenor
- postintervention
- preintervention
- reintervention
- interventionalist
- interventive
- postvention
- postinterventional
- neurointerventional
- noninterventional
- interventionally
- prointervention
- neurointerventionalist
- interveneth
- intervenable
- interventionistic
- cointervention
- non-intervention
- teleintervention
- neurointervention