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

Definitions

  1. intranet

Ancestry of “Intranet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanintra-intra
2Latinintrawithin; inside; during; less than
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 →