Where does “interior” come from?
interior (Portuguese) comes from Latin interior, from Latin interus, from Proto-Indo-European h₁énteros, from Proto-Indo-European -teros — Contrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix.
interior (Portuguese): inner; interior; interior; inside; country;...
Definitions
- inner; interior; interior; inside; country;...
Ancestry of “interior”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | interior | inner, interior; nearer |
| 2 | Latin | interus | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁énteros | inside, within |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -teros | Contrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix |