Etymology

interviewer

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Today it means: One who interviews. Full definition →

English interview ← Old French entreveue ← Latin videō
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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. Old Frenchentre-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*weyd-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*widéh₁yeti
  9. Proto-Italic*widēō
  10. Latinvideō
  11. Old Frenchveoir
  12. Old Frenchentreveoir
  13. Old Frenchentreveue
  14. Englishinterview
  15. English todayinterviewer

From interview + -er.

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