Etymology

intergenerational

Today it means: Between or across generations. Full definition →

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← English generation ← Middle English generacioun
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁n̥tér
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥ter
  4. Latininter
  5. Latininter-
  6. Englishinter-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*ǵenh₁-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*ǵénh₁os
  9. Proto-Italic*genos
  10. Latingenus
  11. Latingenerō
  12. Latingenerātiō
  13. Old Frenchgeneracion
  14. Latingenerātiō
  15. Middle Englishgeneracioun
  16. Englishgeneration
  17. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  18. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  19. English todayintergenerational

From inter- + generation + -al.

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