Where does “intraregional” come from?
Intraregional is derived from English regional combined with the Latin prefix intra, meaning within, ultimately from Latin intro, meaning inward.
intraregional (English): Within a region
Definitions
- Within a region
Ancestry of “intraregional”, step by step
intraregional traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English region
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | region | Any considerable and connected part of a space or... |
| 2 | Middle English | regioun | realm, nation, country; authority, governance;... |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | regiun | region |
| 4 | Latin | regiō | direction, line |
| 5 | Latin | Aemilia | — |
| 6 | Latin | aemulus | striving to equal or excel, rivaling; in a bad... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | aimelos | striving to equal or excel, rivaling; in a bad... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | aimos | imitation |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eym- | to copy, imitate |