Where does “interplanetar” come from?

interplanetar (German) comes from French interplanétaire, from French planétaire, from French planète, from Latin planēta, from Ancient Greek πλανήτης, from Ancient Greek -τής, from Ancient Greek πεῖρα, from Proto-Indo-European per- — passed , crossed.

interplanetar (German): interplanetary

Definitions

  1. interplanetary

Ancestry of “interplanetar”, step by step

interplanetar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French interplanétaire

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchinterplanétaireinterplanetary
2Frenchplanétaireplanetary; orrery; epicyclic gear, planetary gear
3Frenchplanèteplanet
4Latinplanētaplanet (wandering star)
5Ancient Greekπλανήτηςwanderer, vagabond; planet; a fever that comes in...
6Ancient Greek-τήςAppended to verbs to form agent nouns
7Ancient Greekπεῖραtrial, experiment, attempt
8Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

via German planetar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanplanetarplanetary
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tósEvery word from Proto-Indo-European per-Every word from Ancient Greek -τής
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