English
interstitial
Interstitial comes from Latin interstitium ‘gap, interval’, and goes back to intersistō.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEintersistō
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinterstitium‘gap, interval’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinterstitiālis
- Englishearliest quotation 1965interstitial
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEintersistō
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinterstitium‘gap, interval’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinterstitiālis
- Englishearliest quotation 1965interstitial
Earliest quotation: 1965, Jerome F. Fredrick, Murray L. Schole: “The outer surface is covered with variable amounts of…”
Equivalent to interstitium + -al
Latin interstitium ‘gap, interval’
English interstitium
Every English word from Latin intersistō
Today it means
adj Of, relating to, or situated in an interstice.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin intersistō / interstitial