Etymograph

English

interpel

Interpel comes from Latin interpello ‘to interrupt by speaking, disrupt, disturb,…’, from inter ‘between’, 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’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinterpello‘to interrupt by speaking, disrupt, disturb, interject’
  6. Englishtodayinterpel

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

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 CEinterpello‘to interrupt by speaking, disrupt, disturb, interject’
  6. Englishtodayinterpel

The story

Latin interpello, from inter (‘between’) + pellare, akin to pellere (‘to drive’), compare French interpeller.

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

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

through Latin inter ‘between’

intestine, 10 more

Today it means

verb To interrupt, break in upon, or intercede with.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₁én / interpel

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