Etymograph

English

intern

Intern comes from French interner ‘to intern, to imprison’, from Latin inter ‘between, among’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁én‘in’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁entér‘between’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*n̥ter‘between’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEinter‘between, among’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinternus‘within, internal’
  6. Frenchc. 1600–presentinterne‘inner, internal’
  7. French, derivedc. 1600–presentinterner‘to intern, to imprison’
  8. Englishearliest quotation 1640intern

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁én‘in’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁entér‘between’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*n̥ter‘between’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEinter‘between, among’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinternus‘within, internal’
  6. Frenchc. 1600–presentinterne‘inner, internal’
  7. French, derivedc. 1600–presentinterner‘to intern, to imprison’
  8. Englishearliest quotation 1640intern

Earliest quotation: 1640, I. H. [i.e., James Howell]: “Man was made after Gods image, which must be…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

in, entrance, indigenous, ensemble, impulse, encounter, intimate, incense, incubation, endo, impel, incubus, dysentery, agog, incubate, intimation, censer, enteral, 33 more

through Latin inter ‘between, among’

intestine, 10 more

Another origin of intern

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁én‘in’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁entér‘between’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*n̥ter‘between’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEinter‘between’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinternus‘within, internal’
  6. Frenchc. 1600–presentinterne‘inner, internal’
  7. Englishtodayintern

Today it means

noun A person who is interned, forcibly or voluntarily.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₁én / intern

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