Etymology of “International”
Tracing the origin and linguistic journey from English
Source language
English
Ancestry links
0
Descendants
8
Word Origin Summary
International is attested in English. Follow the ancestry chain below to trace where this term came from and how it branched into later descendants.
Descendants and Related Terms
- internacionalinis
Lithuanian · borrowed from
- internationaal
Dutch · borrowed from
- інтернаціональний
Ukrainian · borrowed from
- intenesenel
Tok Pisin · derived from
- internasional
Indonesian · derived from
- internacionāls
Latvian · borrowed from
- אינטערנאַציאָנאַל
YID · derived from
- インターナショナル
Japanese · borrowed from
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