Etymograph

English

internal

Internal comes from Middle English internall, from New Latin internālis ‘of the inner part’, from Latin internus ‘inward’, from inter ‘between’.

  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‘inward’
  6. New Latinc. 1500–1900internālis‘of or pertaining to the inner part’
  7. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500internall
  8. Englishtodayinternal

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’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinternus‘inward’
  6. New Latinc. 1500–1900internālis‘of or pertaining to the inner part’
  7. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500internall
  8. Englishtodayinternal

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

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

through Latin inter ‘between, among’

intestine, 10 more

Today it means

adj Of or situated on the inside.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₁én / internal

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