Etymograph

English

interanion

Interanion comes from Proto-Hellenic *éimi ‘to go’, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éyti ‘to go, to be going’, and ultimately from *h₁ey- ‘to go’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁ey-‘to go’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁éyti‘to go, to be going’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*éimi‘to go’reconstructed
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEῐ̓όνĭón
  5. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἀνῐόνanĭón
  6. English1500–presentanion
  7. Englishearliest quotation 2009interanion

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁ey-‘to go’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁éyti‘to go, to be going’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*éimi‘to go’reconstructed
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEῐ̓όνĭón
  5. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἀνῐόνanĭón
  6. English1500–presentanion
  7. Englishearliest quotation 2009interanion

Earliest quotation: 2009, Yasuhiro Takabayashi et al.: “This experimental behavior is in stark contrast to the…”

A compound of inter- + anion

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér ‘between’

Proto-Italic *n̥ter ‘between’

Latin inter ‘between’

English inter-

Ancient Greek ἀνιών ‘(thing) going up’

English anion

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- ‘to go’

eid, itinerary, iter, 23 more

through Proto-Indo-European *h₁éyti ‘to go, to be going’

initial, initiative, transition, ambitious, ambition, ambient, initiate, eyre, initiation, sedition, ambiance, ambit, initiator, 18 more

through Proto-Hellenic *éimi ‘to go’

ion, isthmus, cation, 14 more

through English anion

anionic, 13 more

Today it means

adj Between anions

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- / interanion