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.
interstitial, interstitially
intertwine
interurban
interurbanite
interval
1. A space between two objects, points, or units.
2. The amount of time between two specified situations, events, or conditions; an intervening period of time: "There was an interval of 50 years before we saw our uncle again."
3. A period of temporary cessation; a pause: "There were intervals between the blasting sounds of the loud music."
4. One of a series of predetermined distances covered at regular time increments with intermittent periods of rest in an athletic workout.
5. In mathematics: a set of numbers consisting of all the numbers between a pair of given numbers along with either, both, or none of the endpoints; a closed interval, an open interval, a half-open interval, a line segment representing the set of numbers in an interval.
6. Chiefly British: an intermission, as between acts of a play.
7. In music, the difference, usually expressed in the number of steps, between two pitches.
intervascular
1. Lying between or surrounded by blood vessels.
2. Between blood or lymph vessels.
intervene
1. To take some action or get involved in something in order to change what is happening; especially, to prevent something undesirable.
2. To occur and as a result to stop or delay something from happening.
3. To take economic action that is designed to counter a trend in a market; especially, in order to stabilize country’s currency.
intervention, interventional
1. An action undertaken in order to change what is happening or might happen in another’s affairs; especially, in order to prevent something undesirable.
2. The action of intervening, stepping in, or interfering in any affair, so as to affect its course or issue. Now frequently applied to the interference of a state or government in the domestic affairs or foreign relations of another country.
3. The fact of coming or being situated between in place, time, or order.
4. Economic action that is designed to counter a trend in a market; especially, in order to stabilize a country’s currency.
interverbal
Placed between words.
interview
1. A meeting during which someone is asked questions; for example, by a prospective employer, a journalist, or a researcher.
2. A transcript, report on, or recording of a questioning session.
3. A session during which a person is asked a series of questions.
4. Etymology: "face-to-face meeting, formal conference"; from Middle French entrevue, a verbal noun from s'entrevoir, "to see each other, to visit each other briefly, to have a glimpse of"; from entre-, "between"; from Latin inter- + Old French voir, "to see"; which came from Latin videre, "to see".
interviewable
1. A formal meeting in which a person can be asked questions for a report.
2. Someone who is available and capable of answering facts, or statements, which are elicited from another person, or people.
interviewer
1. Someone who interviews or conducts a formal meeting, in person, for the assessment of a candidate or applicant.
2. Anyone who is responsible for a conversation in which facts or opinions are sought.
inter vivos
Among the living; between living people.
A kind of trust created during the lifetime of the trustor. This legal phrase is also used to designate a gift that is given by one living person to another, taking effect during their life-times.
intervocalic
A description of a speech sound that occurs, or is inserted, between vowels; for example, between one word that ends with a vowel and another word that starts with a vowel
interweave
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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