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Where does “interrogate” come from?

interrogate (Italian) comes from Italian interrogare, from Latin interrogō, from Latin inter, from Proto-Indo-European h₁entér, from Proto-Indo-European h₁en — in; in, inside.

interrogate (Italian): second-person plural present indicative of...

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  1. second-person plural present indicative of...

Ancestry of “interrogate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianinterrogareto test; to question
2Latininterrogō—
3Latininterbetween, among; during, while
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁entérbetween
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁enin; in, inside
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