Where does “Interieur” come from?

Interieur (German) comes from French intérieur, from Latin interior, from Latin interus, from Proto-Indo-European h₁énteros, from Proto-Indo-European -teros — Contrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix.

Interieur (German): interior

Definitions

  1. interior

Ancestry of “Interieur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchintérieurinterior; interior, inside
2Latininteriorinner, interior; nearer
3Latininterus—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énterosinside, within
5Proto-Indo-European-terosContrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -teros →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énteros →Every word from Latin interus →