inter
English
/ɪnˈtɜː(ɹ)/, /ɪnˈtɝ/
verb
Definitions
- To bury in a grave.
- To confine, as in a prison.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English enteren derived from Old French enterrer derived from Latin *interrāre root from Proto-Indo-European *ters- (dry).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ters-
Gloss
dry
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
干, 乾
Emoji
🏜️
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Newfoundland English
- Terra English
- Terran English
- extraterrestrial English
- fibrillar English
- interfibrillar English
- interment English
- interrer English
- reinter English
- reinterment English
- subterrestrial English
- superterrestrial English
- terrane English
- territory English
- toast English
- *interrāre Latin
- attorreo Latin
- contorreo Latin
- detorreo Latin
- dētergēns Latin
- extorreo Latin
- in Latin
- mediterraneus Latin
- mediterrāneus Latin
- subterraneus Latin
- terra Latin
- terrenum Latin
- terrestris Latin
- territorium Latin
- terrēnus Latin
- tescum Latin
- torrefacio Latin
- torrens Latin
- torrentem Latin
- torreō Latin
- torridus Latin
- tostum Latin
- tostus Latin
- interrare Italian
- tosto Italian
- bientôt French
- désenterrer French
- plutôt French
- sitôt French
- tantôt French
- terroir French
- torrentiel French
- tôt French
- enterrar Spanish, Castilian
- μεσόγαιος Ancient Greek
- τέρσομαι Ancient Greek
- ταρσός Ancient Greek
- *ters- Proto-Indo-European
- *ters-eh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *torséyeti Proto-Indo-European
- *tr̥s- Proto-Indo-European
- *tr̥s-nó-s Proto-Indo-European
- *tr̥s-yé-ti Proto-Indo-European
- *térstus Proto-Indo-European
- *térsus Proto-Indo-European
- *þarzijaną Proto-Germanic
- *þursakōną Proto-Germanic
- *þurskaz Proto-Germanic
- *þurstiz Proto-Germanic
- *þurstuz Proto-Germanic
- *þursuz Proto-Germanic
- *þurzijaną Proto-Germanic
- *þurznaną Proto-Germanic
- तृष्णा Sanskrit
- तृष्यति Sanskrit
- enteren Middle English
- tost Middle English
- þurkan Old Norse
- þurrleikr Old Norse
- þyrsklingr Old Norse
- þyrstr Old Norse
- enterrer Old French
- enterrar Catalan, Valencian
- enterrar Galician
- թառ Armenian
- թառել Armenian
- թարշամել Armenian
- թառամ Old Armenian
- թառամիմ Old Armenian
- terc Old Irish
- tíraid Old Irish
- entèrrer Norman
- enterrer Middle French
- enterrar Old Portuguese
- *tīros Proto-Celtic
- enterrar Occitan
- terrassa Old Occitan
- tost Venetian
- թառել Middle Armenian