Etymograph

English

intervenor

From intervene + -or.

A compound of intervene + -or

Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- ‘to come, to step’

Proto-Indo-European *gʷm̥yéti ‘to come’

Proto-Italic *gʷəniō ‘to come’

Latin veniō ‘come’

Latin interveniō ‘come between’

English intervene

Today it means

noun One who intervenes, especially in a legal sense.

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

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