INTER
What does "INTER" mean?
To place a dead body in a grave or tomb; to bury with ceremony.
Meanings
- To deposit a corpse in the earth or a tomb, usually with funeral rites. The veterans were interred with full military honours at the national cemetery. formal
Word origin
From Latin 'in-' (into) + 'terra' (earth), via Old French 'enterrer', literally 'to put into the ground'.
Remember it
INTER hides 'in' + 'terra' (earth): to inter is to put someone IN the eaRth.
A little poem
We lower him slow into the cool
the same word names this end and the prefix
of every word that means to step inside.
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Wordplay
- The grammarian's funeral was tense - everyone argued whether to inter him in the past or the present.
What it teaches
Endings ask for ceremony; we slow down precisely because there is nothing left to hurry.
Quick facts
What does INTER mean?
To place a dead body in a grave or tomb; to bury with ceremony.
Is INTER a valid word?
Yes — INTER is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is INTER?
INTER has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does INTER come from?
From Latin 'in-' (into) + 'terra' (earth), via Old French 'enterrer', literally 'to put into the ground'.
What can INTER teach us?
Endings ask for ceremony; we slow down precisely because there is nothing left to hurry.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.