interdefinable

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én

Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér

Proto-Italic *n̥ter

Latin inter

Latin inter-bor.

English inter-

English define

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis

Proto-Italic *-ðlis

Latin -bilis

Latin -ābilis

Old French -ablebor.

Middle English -able

English -able

English definable

English interdefinable

From inter- + definable.

Adjective

interdefinable (not comparable)

1. (logic, philosophy) Able to be defined in terms of each other.

Derived terms

• interdefinably