Where does “entreferir” come from?

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

entreferir (Old French): to hit one another

Definitions

  1. to hit one another

Ancestry of “entreferir”, step by step

entreferir traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French entre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchentreamong; amongst
2Latininterbetween, among; during, while
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁entérbetween
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁enin; in, inside

via Old French ferir

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchferirto hit; to strike
2Latinferiōto hit, to strike, to smite, to beat, to knock, injure
3Proto-Indo-EuropeanbʰerH-to pierce; to strike; brown

Words derived from “entreferir”

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