Where does “interiør” come from?

interiør (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from French intérieur, from Latin interior, from Latin interus, from Proto-Indo-European h₁énteros, from Proto-Indo-European -teros — Contrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix.

interiør (Norwegian Nynorsk): an interior

Definitions

  1. an interior

Ancestry of “interiør”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchintérieurinterior; interior, inside
2Latininteriorinner, interior; nearer
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 →