Etymology of the English word intervene
the English word
intervenederived from the Classical Latin word
intervenire (come between, intervene; occur)
using the Latin prefix
inter-derived from the Latin word
inter (between)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*enderived from the Latin word
venire (to come; go for sale, be sold , be disposed of for)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*gʷā-Date
The earliest known usage of intervene in English dates from the 16th century.
Derivations in English
intervened,
interveningCognates
Dutch
intervenieren, French
intervenir, German
intervenieren, Italian
intervenire, Latin
intervenire, Norwegian
intervenere, Portuguese
intervir, Swedish
interveneraUsage
Word found in Modern English
