Etymograph

English

interacademic

Interacademic comes from French académique ‘academic’, from Ancient Greek δῆμος ‘country’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂- ‘to share, divide’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*deh₂-‘to share, divide’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*déh₂mos‘part, division’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*dā́mosreconstructed
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEδῆμοςdêmos‘country’
  5. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἈκάδημος
  6. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἈκαδήμεια‘The Academy’
  7. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἀκαδημικός‘relating to the Academy, Academic’
  8. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEacadēmicus‘academic’
  9. Frenchc. 1600–presentacadémique‘academic’
  10. English1500–presentacademic
  11. Englishtodayinteracademic

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*deh₂-‘to share, divide’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*déh₂mos‘part, division’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*dā́mosreconstructed
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEδῆμοςdêmos‘country’
  5. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἈκάδημος
  6. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἈκαδήμεια‘The Academy’
  7. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἀκαδημικός‘relating to the Academy, Academic’
  8. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEacadēmicus‘academic’
  9. Frenchc. 1600–presentacadémique‘academic’
  10. English1500–presentacademic
  11. Englishtodayinteracademic

A compound of inter- + academic

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér ‘between’

Proto-Italic *n̥ter ‘between’

Latin inter ‘between’

English inter-

Ancient Greek Ἀκάδημος ‘Akademos (hero)’

Ancient Greek Ἀκαδημία ‘the Academy’

Ancient Greek ἀκαδημικός ‘relating to the Academy’

Medieval Latin acadēmicus ‘academic’

English academic

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *deh₂- ‘to share, divide’

tattered, teem, 21 more

through Ancient Greek δῆμος ‘country’

democratic, democracy, democrat, pandemic, demos, endemic, demography, demiurge, demotic, 27 more

Today it means

adj Between academic institutions.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *deh₂- / interacademic