Etymology of the English word interval
the English word
intervalderived from the Old French word
intervallederived from the Latin word
intervallum (interval, space, distance)
derived from the Late Latin word
vallum (wall; rampart, walled; wall, rampart; entrenchment)
derived from the Latin word
vallus (stake, palisade, point)
derived from the Latin word
vannus (winnowing basket)
using the Latin prefix
inter-derived from the Latin word
inter (between)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*enderived from the French word
intervalderived from the Latin word
intervallum (interval, space, distance)
derived from the Late Latin word
vallum (wall; rampart, walled; wall, rampart; entrenchment)
derived from the Latin word
vallus (stake, palisade, point)
derived from the Latin word
vannus (winnowing basket)
using the Latin prefix
inter-derived from the Latin word
inter (between)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*enDate
The earliest known usage of interval in English dates from the 13th century.
Derivations in English
subinterval,
intervalometerCognates
Dutch
interval, French
intervalle, German
Intervall, Italian
intervallo, Latin
intervallum, Lithuanian
intervalas, Norwegian
intervall, Russian
интeрвaл, Spanish
intervalo, Swedish
intervallUsage
Word found in Modern English
