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Where does “interrogative” come from?

interrogative (French) comes from French interrogatif, from Latin interrogativus, from Latin interrogō, from Latin inter, from Proto-Indo-European h₁entér, from Proto-Indo-European h₁en — in; in, inside.

interrogative (French): feminine singular of interrogatif

Definitions

  1. feminine singular of interrogatif

Ancestry of “interrogative”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchinterrogatifinterrogative; questioning
2LatininterrogativusOf or pertaining to a question; interrogative
3Latininterrogō—
4Latininterbetween, among; during, while
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁entérbetween
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁enin; in, inside
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