Where does “intérieur” come from?
intérieur (French) comes from Latin interior, from Latin interus, from Proto-Indo-European h₁énteros, from Proto-Indo-European -teros — Contrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix.
intérieur (French): interior; interior, inside
Definitions
- interior; interior, inside
Ancestry of “intérieur”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | interior | inner, interior; nearer |
| 2 | Latin | interus | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁énteros | inside, within |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -teros | Contrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix |
Words derived from “intérieur”