Where does “Intranet” come from?
Intranet (German) comes from German intra-, from Latin intra, from Latin interus, from Proto-Indo-European h₁énteros, from Proto-Indo-European -teros — Contrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix.
Intranet (German): intranet
Ancestry of “Intranet”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | German | intra- | intra- |
| 2 | Latin | intra | within; inside; during; less than |
| 3 | Latin | interus | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁énteros | inside, within |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -teros | Contrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix |