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interjection (n.)[interjection 词源字典]: early 15c., from Middle French interjection (Old French interjeccion, 13c.), from Latin interiectionem (nominative interiectio) "a throwing or placing between," noun of action from past participle stem of intericere, from inter- "between" (see inter-) + -icere, comb. form of iacere "to throw" (see jet (v.)).[interjection etymology, interjection origin, 英语词源]
interlace (v.): late 14c., from Middle French entrelacer, from entre- (see entre-) + lacer (see lace). Television sense is from 1927. Related: Interlaced; interlacing. The noun is 1904, from the verb.
interlard (v.): early 15c., "to mix with alternate layers of fat" (before cooking), from Middle French entrelarder, from entre- "between" (see inter-) + larder "to lard," from Old French lard "bacon fat" (see lard (n.)). Figurative sense of "diversify with something intermixed" first recorded 1560s. Related: Interlarded; interlarding.
interleague (adj.): also inter-league, by 1917 in a U.S. baseball sense, from inter- + league. Earlier (1580s) as a verb.
interline (v.): c. 1400, "make corrections or insertions between the lines of (a document)," from inter- + line; perhaps modeled on Medieval Latin interlineare. Related: Interlined; interlining.
interlinear (adj.): late 14c., from Medieval Latin interlinearis "that which is between the lines," from inter- (see inter-) + Latin linearis (see linear).
interlock (v.): 1630s, from inter- + lock. Related: Interlocked; interlocking. As a noun, attested by 1874.
interlocution (n.): 1530s, from Latin interlocutionem (nominative interlocutio) "a speaking between, interlocution," noun of action from past participle stem of interloqui (see interlocutor).
interlocutor (n.): 1510s, agent noun from Latin interlocut-, past participle stem of interloqui "interrupt," from inter- "between" (see inter-) + loqui "to speak" (see locution). Related: Interlocutory.
interlope (v.): early 17c., a back-formation from interloper, or else from inter- + lope (see interloper). Related: Interloped; interloping.
interloper (n.): 1590s, enterloper, "unauthorized trader trespassing on privileges of chartered companies," probably a hybrid from inter- "between" + -loper (from landloper "vagabond, adventurer," also, according to Johnson, "a term of reproach used by seamen of those who pass their lives on shore"); perhaps a dialectal form of leap, or from Middle Dutch loper "runner, rover," from lopen "to run," from Proto-Germanic *hlaupan "to leap" (see leap (v.)). General sense of "self-interested intruder" is from 1630s.
interlude (n.): c. 1300, from Medieval Latin interludium "an interlude," from Latin inter- "between" (see inter-) + ludus "a play" (see ludicrous). Originally farcical episodes introduced between acts of long mystery plays; transferred sense of "interval in the course of some action" is from 1751.
intermarriage (n.): 1570s, from inter- + marriage.
intermarry (v.): 1570s, "to marry one another," from inter- + marry. Meaning "to marry across families, castes, tribes, etc." is from 1610s. Related: Intermarried; intermarrying.
intermeddle (v.): late 14c., from Latin inter- (see inter-) + Anglo-French medler (see meddle (v.)).
intermediary: 1788 (adj.); 1791 (n.), from French intermédiaire (17c.), from Medieval Latin intermedium, from Latin intermedius (see intermediate).
intermediate (adj.): early 15c., from Medieval Latin intermediatus "lying between," from Latin intermedius "that which is between," from inter- "between" (see inter-) + medius "in the middle" (see medial (adj.)).
intermediate (v.): c. 1600, from inter- + mediate (v.). Related: Intermediated; intermediating.
interment (n.): early 14c., from Old French enterrement, from enterrer (see inter).
intermesh (v.): 1909, from inter- + mesh.