Where does “prestitial” come from?
prestitial (English) comes from English interstitial, from Latin interstitialis, from Latin interstitium, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
prestitial (English): Of a webpage, usually carrying advertising: displayed when the user arrives on a site and before they are shown the desired content
Definitions
- Of a webpage, usually carrying advertising: displayed when the user arrives on a site and before they are shown the desired content
Ancestry of “prestitial”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | interstitial | Of, relating to, or situated in an interstice; A... |
| 2 | Latin | interstitialis | interstitial |
| 3 | Latin | interstitium | gap, interval; interstice |
| 4 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 5 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |