Etymology

interentangle

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Today it means: To entangle together. Full definition →

English entangle ← Middle English entanglen ← Latin inter-
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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. Middle Englishentanglen
  8. Englishentangle
  9. English todayinterentangle

From inter- + entangle.

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