interior English · revision 4634

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1490|origins=la inter}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: UK /ɪnˈtɪə.ri.ə/, US /ɪnˈtɪr.i.ɚ/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|frm|intérieur]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024) and directly [[der|la|interior|t=inner, middle]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986) a comparative adjective of inter “within”,^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(NODE 1998) from [[ine-pro|*h₁entér|alt=*enter|t=between, among]], a comparative of the root *en “in”.^(Etymonline) It is the opposite of [[exterior]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) and related to [[internal]] and [[inter-]].^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Situated within, inner: 1490 in the OED and Barnhart, in Caxton's translation of the Eneydos,^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1988) the late 15th century in Etymonline.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Of the mind or soul, spiritual, is from 1513.^(OED 1989) Internal or domestic, as opposed to foreign, is from 1768,^(OED 1989) and away from the coast, inland, from 1777.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) As a noun, the inland part of a country is from 1796, in Burke,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) the inside of anything from 1828,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) and the internal affairs of a state from 1826, as in the American Department of the Interior.^(Etymonline) A stage set representing a room is by 1829,^(Etymonline) and a picture of the inside of a building by 1858.^(Etymonline) ''Interior decoration'' is attested by 1769, ''interior decorator'' from 1830, and ''interior design'' from 1927.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1490 – inner.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1513 – mental or spiritual.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1768 – domestic.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1769 – ''interior decoration''.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1777 – inland.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1796 – noun, the inland part.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)

+ * 1826 – internal affairs.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1828 – noun, the inside.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Situated on or relating to the inside; [[inner]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Of the mind or spirit.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Inland, away from the coast or border.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Domestic rather than foreign.^(Collins 2023)^(OED 1989)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # The inside of something, especially of a building or room.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # The inland part of a country or region.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # The [[domestic]] affairs of a country: ''Minister of the Interior''.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A picture or film set showing the inside of a building.^(AHD)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[interiority]]

+ * [[interiorly]]

+ * [[interiorize]]

+ * [[interior decoration]]

+ * [[interior angle]]

+ * [[interior design]]

+ * [[interior designer]]

+ * [[interior monologue]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[exterior]]

+ * [[internal]]

+ * [[intimate]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}