inter-, intero-
(Latin: between; among, mutually, together; on the inside, internal)
Although abstracted from the many compounds in which it entered English, the form inter- was not generally considered a living prefix in English until the 1400s.
During the later period of Middle English many words borrowed in the Old and Middle French forms entre-, enter- began to be consciously respelled with Latin inter-; although vestiges of the older French borrowings are found in entertain and enterprise.
The living prefix inter- is now freely added to almost any element in English to create such formations with the meaning of "between" and "among". The words formed by intra- are closely related to this inter- prefix; in fact, they both apparently came from the same Latin source.
interrogation
1. The act or process of questioning someone closely, often in an aggressive manner; especially, as part of an official investigation or trial.
2. A transmission of a signal to computer, or the transmission of a signal to a device or computer program that triggers a response.
interrogation
interrogative
1. Questioning, or seeming to question, someone or something.
2. A sentence, or an expression, that asks a question.
3. Consisting of, or used in, asking a question; such as, an interrogative pronoun.
The five interrogative pronouns are what, which, who, whom, and whose.
- What were you doing?
- Who said we couldn't do it?
- To whom were you speaking?
- Which meal did you like the best?
- Whose purse was left on the bus?
interrogatively
1. In a questioning format.
2. In the form of a question.
Interrogator
An RFID reader. See Reader for more info.
interrogatorily
interrogatory
1. A formal systematic questioning.
2. Relating to the use of, or having the nature of, an interrogation.
3. Asking a question; of the nature of a question
interrogatory
interrupt
1. To cause or to make a break in the continuity or uniformity of (a course, process, condition, etc.).
2. To break off or cause to cease (stop), as in the middle of something: "He interrupted his work to answer the bell."
3. To stop (a person) in the midst of doing or saying something; especially, by an interjected remark: "May I interrupt you to comment on your last remark?"
interrupter
interruption
1. An act or instance of interrupting.
2. The state or action of being interrupted.
3. Something that interrupts.
4. Cessation; intermission.
interruptive
interruptively
interscholastic
interscribe
To write between lines or to interline.
Related "together" units:
com-;
greg-;
struct-.
Cross references of word families related directly, or indirectly, to: "internal organs, entrails, inside":
ent-;
enter-;
fistul-;
incret-;
intra-;
splanchn-;
viscer-.
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