Where does “interpret” come from?

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

interpret (Lower Sorbian): performer

Definitions

  1. performer

Ancestry of “interpret”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatininterpresAn agent between two parties; broker, negotiator,...
2Latininterbetween, among; during, while
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁entérbetween
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁enin; in, inside

Words derived from “interpret”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁en →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁entér →Every word from Latin inter →