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Where does “interventional” come from?

Interventional comes from English intervention, from Latin interventio (a coming between), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European gʷem- (to go or come).

interventional (English): Incorporating, or characterized by, intervention;...

Definitions

  1. Incorporating, or characterized by, intervention;...

Ancestry of “interventional”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishinterventionThe action of intervening; interfering in some...
2Middle Frenchintervention—
3Latininterventiō—
4Latin-tiō—
5Latindissertātiō—
6Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
7Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
8Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
9Latincalceusshoe
10Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
11Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble

Words derived from “interventional”

  • interventionalist
  • postinterventional
  • neurointerventional
  • noninterventional
  • interventionally
  • neurointerventionalist
  • periinterventional
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