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Where does “intramuros” come from?

intramuros (French) comes from Latin intra muros, from Latin intra, from Latin interus, from Proto-Indo-European h₁énteros, from Proto-Indo-European -teros — Contrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix.

intramuros (French): inner city, within the city's walls; "intramuros"...

Definitions

  1. inner city, within the city's walls; "intramuros"...

Ancestry of “intramuros”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinintra muroswithin the walls
2Latinintrawithin; inside; during; less than
3Latininterus—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énterosinside, within
5Proto-Indo-European-terosContrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix
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