Etymograph

English

interview

Interview comes from Old French entreveue, past participle of entrevëoir ‘to see one another’ (entre- + vëoir ‘to see’), from Latin videō, from PIE *weyd-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*weyd-‘to see’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*widēōreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvideō‘to see’
  4. Old Frenchc. 842–1400vëoir‘to see’
  5. Old French, derivedc. 842–1400entrevëoir‘to see one another’
  6. Old French, derivedc. 842–1400entreveue
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1624interview

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*weyd-‘to see’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*widēōreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvideō‘to see’
  4. Old Frenchc. 842–1400vëoir‘to see’
  5. Old French, derivedc. 842–1400entrevëoir‘to see one another’
  6. Old French, derivedc. 842–1400entreveue
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1624interview

Earliest quotation: 1624, Democritus Junior pseudonym; Robert Burt, The Anatomy of Melancholy: […]: “To be present at an interview, as that famous…”

Formed from inter- + view

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér ‘between’

Proto-Italic *n̥ter ‘between’

Latin inter ‘between’

English inter-

Old French veue

Anglo-Norman vewe

Middle English vewe ‘an inspection’

English view

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *weyd- ‘to see’

story, guy, idea, guide, advice, witness, wise, historic, wisdom, wit, idol, wizard, advise, historian, witty, guise, tabloid, visitation, revue, envious, envision, druid, steroid, improvise, twit, avis, hypothyroidism, idyll, parathyroid, trapezoid, hyoid, hyperthyroidism, colloid, weet, witter, sigmoid, thyroiditis, thyroxine, visite, 91 more

through Proto-Indo-European *widéh₁yeti

providential, 12 more

through Proto-Italic *widēō ‘to see’

provision, revision, providence, prudential, invisibility, provident, vada, evidential, 14 more

through Latin videō ‘to see, perceive’

video, evidence, provide, visit, review, vision, visa, invisible, evident, visibility, vista, revise, prudent, jurisprudence, prudence, vide, proviso, purveyor, purview, invidious, 17 more

through Old French veoir

voyeur, 1 more

Today it means

noun An official face-to-face meeting of monarchs or other important figures.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *weyd- / interview

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