Etymology

interconvert

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Today it means: To convert mutually one into another Full definition →

English convert ← Middle English converten ← Old French convertir
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁n̥tér
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥ter
  4. Latininter
  5. Latininter-
  6. Englishinter-
  7. Latinconvertō
  8. Old Frenchconvertir
  9. Middle Englishconverten
  10. Englishconvert
  11. English todayinterconvert

From inter- + convert.

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