interregnum

interregnum · noun¹

1. Latin · learned borrowing frominterrēgna
2. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*h₃reǵ-“to righten; to straighten”
3. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*h₁entér“between”
4. Latin · learned borrowing frominterrēgnum
5. English todayinterregnum

Learned borrowing from Latin interrēgnum, from inter- (prefix meaning ‘between’) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér (“between”)) + rēgnum (“reign; royal power”) (nominalized from the neuter of *rēgnus, from rēx (“king; ruler”, oblique stem rēg-) + -nus (suffix forming adjectives), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“to righten; to straighten”)). The plural form interregna is a learned borrowing from Latin interrēgna.

Interregnum · proper noun²

Proprialization from interregnum.

Words from the same roots