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interception (n.)[interception 词源字典]: early 15c., "action of intercepting" (the flow of a bodily fluid), from Latin interceptionem (nominative interceptio) "a seizing, taking away," noun of action from intercipere (see intercept). Specific football/rugby sense is attested by 1906. Meaning "action of closing in on and destroying an enemy aircraft, etc." is recorded from 1941.[interception etymology, interception origin, 英语词源]
interceptor (n.): 1590s, from Latin interceptor, agent noun from intercipere (see intercept). As a type of fast fighter aircraft, from 1930.
intercession (n.): early 15c., "act of interceding," from Latin intercessionem (nominative intercessio) "a going between," noun of action from past participle stem of intercedere (see intercede). The modern sense was not in classical Latin.
intercessor (n.): late 15c., from Latin intercessor "one who intervenes," agent noun from intercedere (see intercede). Related: Intercessory.
interchange (v.): late 14c., from Old French entrechangier, from entre- (see inter-) + changier "to change" (see change (v.)). Related: Interchanged; interchanging.
interchange (n.): 1540s, "act of exchange, from Old French entrechange, from entrechangier (see interchange (v.)). In reference to a type of road junction, 1944.
interchangeable (adj.): late 14c. (implied in interchangeably), from inter- + changeable. Related: Interchangeability.
intercoastal (adj.): "within the coasts," 1927, from inter- + coastal.
intercom (n.): 1940, colloquial shortening of intercommunication (mid-15c., "discussion, conference;" see inter- + communication), which is attested from 1911 in reference to systems of linked telephones.
interconnect (v.): 1863, from inter- + connect. Related: Interconnected; interconnecting; interconnectedness; interconnection.
intercontinental (adj.): 1825, American English, from inter- + continental. Of missiles, from 1956.
intercostal (adj.): "between the ribs," 1590s; see inter- + costal.
intercourse (n.): mid-15c., "communication to and fro," from Old French entrecours "exchange, commerce," from Late Latin intercursus "a running between, intervention," from intercursus, past participle of intercurrere "to run between," from Latin inter- "between" (see inter-) + currere "to run" (see current (adj.)). Meaning "sexual relations" first recorded 1798, from earlier sense "social contact and relations" (1540s).
intercrural (adj.): "between the thighs," or in madicine, "between leg-like structures," 1690s, from inter- + Latin crus "shin, shinbone leg; supports of a bridge."
interdepartmental (adj.): also inter-departmental, 1861, from inter- + departmental.
interdependence (n.): 1822, from inter- + dependence.
interdependency (n.): 1838, from interdependent + -cy.
interdependent (adj.): 1817, from inter- + dependent. Related: Interdependently.
interdict (v.): late 13c., from Old French entredit, past participle of entredire "forbid by decree," from Latin interdicere "interpose by speech, prohibit," from inter- "between" (see inter-) + dicere "to speak, to say" (see diction). Related: Interdicted; interdicting.
interdiction (n.): mid-15c., enterdiccioun, from Latin interdictionem (nominative interdictio) "prohibition, interdiction," noun of action from past participle stem of interdicere (see interdict).