Etymology

intern

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Today it means: A person who is interned, forcibly or voluntarily. Full definition →

French interner ← Latin internus
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intern · noun, verb, adjective1

  1. Latin · derived frominternus“within, internal”
  2. French · borrowed frominterner
  3. English todayintern

From French interner, from interne (“inner, internal”), from Latin internus (“within, internal”), compare Etymology 2.

intern · noun, verb2

  1. Latin · derived frominternus“within, internal”
  2. French · borrowed frominterne“inner, internal”
  3. English todayintern

From French interne (“inner, internal”), from Latin internus (“within, internal”), from inter (“between”); compare Etymology 1.

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