Etymograph

English

intersection

Intersection comes from Latin intersectiō ‘an intersection’, and goes back to intersecō.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEintersecō‘to intersect’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEintersectiō‘an intersection’
  3. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600intersection
  4. Englishearliest quotation 2015same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

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  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEintersecō‘to intersect’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEintersectiō‘an intersection’
  3. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600intersection
  4. Englishearliest quotation 2015same form

Earliest quotation: 2015, James Lambert, Lexicography as a teaching tool: A Hong Kong case study: “Within this melee of intersections between English and Cantonese,…”

Equivalent to intersect + -ion

Latin intersecare ‘to cut between, cut off’

English intersect

Every English word from Latin intersecō

Today it means

noun The junction of two (or more) paths, streets, highways, or other thoroughfares.

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Etymograph / Latin intersecō / intersection

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