Etymograph

English

interferer

From interfere + -er.

Formed from interfere + -er

Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH- ‘to pierce, strike’

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Proto-Italic *ferjō

Latin feriō ‘to hit, to strike, to smite, to beat, to…’

Old French ferir ‘to hit, to strike’

Old French entreferir ‘to hit one another’

English interfere

Today it means

noun A person who, or thing that, interferes.

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

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