Word part · Latin prefix
The Latin prefix inter-
Means: between, or among.
At a glance
- Part
- inter-
- Meaning
- between, or among
- Layer
- Latin: Prefixes, suffixes and roots behind many school and book words.
Think of things passing back and forth between people or places: interact, international.
Example words
Read each word, then its sum: the parts that build it, and what they mean together.
Colors:prefixroot or basesuffix
- inter (prefix)+act (root or base)→interact
act with each other
- inter (prefix)+act (root or base)+ion (suffix)→interaction
the act of acting with each other
- inter (prefix)+nation (root or base)+al (suffix)→international
between or among nations
- inter (prefix)+change (root or base)+able (suffix)→interchangeable
able to be swapped with each other
- inter (prefix)+rupt (root or base)→interrupt
break in between, as when someone else is talking
- inter (prefix)+miss (root or base)+ion (suffix)→intermission
a break between two parts of a show
- inter (prefix)+cept (root or base)→intercept
catch something on its way between two places
- inter (prefix)+lock (root or base)→interlock
fit and lock together with each other
- inter (prefix)+rupt (root or base)+ion (suffix)→interruption
a break in the middle of something
- inter (prefix)+cept (root or base)+ion (suffix)→interception
a catch made between the thrower and the target
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