Where does “inter” come from?

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

inter (Latin): between, among; during, while

Definitions

  1. between, among; during, while

Ancestry of “inter”, step by step

inter traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European h₁entér

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁entérbetween
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁enin; in, inside

via Proto-Italic *n̥ter

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italic*n̥terbetween

Words derived from “inter”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁en →