English
iter
Iter comes from Latin iter ‘passage’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- ‘to go’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁ey-‘to go’root as named
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEiter‘passage’
- Englishearliest quotation 1916same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁ey-‘to go’root as named
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEiter‘passage’
- Englishearliest quotation 1916same form
Earliest quotation: 1916, o Clinic, Collected Papers of the Mayo Clinic and the Mayo Foundation: “This fluid passes through the main iters which connect…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- ‘to go’
initial, transition, ion, initiative, ambitious, ambition, ambient, initiation, initiate, eid, isthmus, sedition, cation, ambiance, initiator, anionic, ambit, 24 more
through Latin iter ‘passage’
Today it means
noun A passage, especially the passage between the third and fourth ventricles in the brain; the cerebral aqueduct.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- / iter