Where does “enterpreter” come from?
enterpreter (Old French) comes from Latin interpretor, from Latin interpres, from Latin inter, from Proto-Indo-European h₁entér, from Proto-Indo-European h₁en — in; in, inside.
Ancestry of “enterpreter”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | interpretor | I explain or expound; I interpret or translate; I... |
| 2 | Latin | interpres | An agent between two parties; broker, negotiator,... |
| 3 | Latin | inter | between, among; during, while |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁entér | between |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁en | in; in, inside |
Words derived from “enterpreter”