Etymograph

English

intestine

Intestine comes from Latin intestīnus ‘internal’, from inter ‘between’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁én‘in’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEinter‘between’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEintestīnus‘internal’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEintestīnumneuter of intestīnus
  5. Englishtodayintestine

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁én‘in’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEinter‘between’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEintestīnus‘internal’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEintestīnumneuter of intestīnus
  5. Englishtodayintestine

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

in, entrance, indigenous, encounter, ensemble, impulse, intimate, incense, endo, incubation, dysentery, impel, incubus, incubate, agog, censer, interregnum, intimation, internist, enteral, 30 more

through Latin inter ‘between’

internal, interpretation, intern, interpreter, 7 more

Today it means

noun The alimentary canal of an animal through which food passes after having passed all stomachs.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₁én / intestine

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