myEtymology.com: French etymology of interval

Etymology of the French word interval

the French word interval

derived 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 *en

English interval