Etymology

interpretation

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Today it means: An act of interpreting or explaining something unclear; a translation; a version. Full definition →

Middle English interpretacioun ← Old French interpretacion ← Latin interpretātiō
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  1. Latin · derived frominterpretātiō
  2. Old French · derived frominterpretacion
  3. Middle English · inherited frominterpretacioun
  4. English todayinterpretation

From Middle English interpretacioun, from the Anglo-Norman form of Old French interpretacion, from Latin interpretātiō, noun of action from interpretor (“to explain, expound, interpret, understand, conclude, infer, comprehend”). Morphologically interpret + -ation.

Words from the same roots

Latininterpretātiō all →

interpreter

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