Etymology

interwar

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Today it means: During or relating to the period of time between two wars, especially the two World Wars (1919–1939). Full definition →

English war ← Middle English werre ← Old English werre
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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. Englishinter-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*wers-
  8. Proto-Germanic*werzaną
  9. Proto-West Germanic*werʀan
  10. Frankish*werʀ
  11. Early Medieval Latinwerra
  12. Old Northern Frenchguerre
  13. Old Englishwerre
  14. Middle Englishwerre
  15. Englishwar
  16. English todayinterwar

From inter- + war.

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