English
intersert
Intersert comes from Latin interserere ‘to intersert’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEinterserere‘to intersert’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEintersertuspast participle of interserere
- Englishearliest quotation 1614intersert
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEinterserere‘to intersert’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEintersertuspast participle of interserere
- Englishearliest quotation 1614intersert
Earliest quotation: 1614, Edward Brerewood: “If I may […]intersert a short speculation, the depth…”
A compound of inter ‘between’ + serere ‘to join, weave’
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’
Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér ‘between’
Proto-Italic *n̥ter ‘between’
Latin inter ‘between’
Every English word from Latin interserere
Today it means
verb To put in between other things; to insert.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin interserere / intersert