Where does “interviewee” come from?
Interviewee derives from English interview, from French entrevue, from Old French entrevëoir meaning "to see each other," combining Latin inter- "between" and volvere "to turn."
interviewee (English): Someone being interviewed, i.e. the person...
Definitions
- Someone being interviewed, i.e. the person...
Ancestry of “interviewee”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | interview | An official face-to-face meeting of monarchs or... |
| 2 | French | interviewer | to interview; interviewer |
| 3 | English | interviewer | One who interviews |
| 4 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 5 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 6 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 7 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |