intrafamily

I1N1T1R1A1F4A1M3I1L1Y4

adjective

Occurring within a family

Scrabble 19

Meanings

adjectiveintrafamily (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOccurring within a family

    "Desire Under the Elms" at the Goodman theater in Chicago features […] a stepmother and stepson caught up in an intrafamily triangle.

    2009 February 4, Charles Isherwood, “A New Look at an Old Farm Threatened by Heat”, in New York Times

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁énteros
  3. Latin*interus
  4. Latinintrā
  5. Englishintra-
  6. Englishfamily
  7. Englishintrafamily

From intra- + family.

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

intrafamily. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intrafamily

MLA

“intrafamily.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intrafamily. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “intrafamily,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intrafamily.

Source: intrafamily on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.