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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1303|origins=la terra}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ɪnˈtɜː/ ''(UK)''; /ɪnˈtɚ/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is Middle English interen, enteren, [[bor|fro|enterrer|t=to bury]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986)^(MWU 2024) from Medieval Latin interrare, to put in the earth, from [[m|la|in|t=in]] and [[m|la|terra|t=earth]] (see [[terrain]]).^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(NODE 1998) MWU notes that the spelling was altered under the influence of Latin in-.^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ To deposit a corpse in the earth or a grave: 1303, in Mannyng's ''Handlyng Synne''.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989) Etymonline dates it to about 1300.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Figurative uses are from 1601, as is to place anything in the ground.^(OED 1989) Of a tomb, to enclose a corpse, is from 1631.^(OED 1989) [[interment|alt=Interment]] is from the 14th century.^(Hoad 1986)^(Barnhart 1988) An obsolete noun inter, interment, is from 1513.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1303 – to bury a corpse.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1513 – inter, interment (noun).^(OED 1989)

+ * 1601 – figurative use.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To place a dead body in a grave or tomb; to [[bury]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[reinter]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[interment]]

+ * [[disinter]]

+ * [[terrain]]

+ * [[territory]]

+ * [[terrestrial]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ The Latin preposition inter, between, among, is used in English in a few phrases such as ''inter alia'', and is unrelated.^(OED 1989)^(NODE 1998)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}