Interface etymology

English

English word interface comes from English face, English inter- (Between, amid, among, during, within, mutual, reciprocal.)

Etymology of interface

Detailed word origin of interface

Dictionary entry Language Definition
face English (en) (anatomy) The front part of the head, featuring the eyes, nose, and mouth and the surrounding area.. (cards) The side of the card that shows its value (as opposed to the back side, which looks the same on all cards of the deck).. (computing) An interface.. (cricket) The front surface of a bat.. (figurative) Presence; sight; front.. (geometry) Any of the flat bounding surfaces of a [...]
inter- English (en) Between, amid, among, during, within, mutual, reciprocal.
interface English (en) (biochemistry) The internal surface of a coiled protein (compare exoface).. (chemistry, physics) A thin layer or boundary between different substances or two phases of a single substance.. (computing) The connection between a user and a machine.. (computing) The point of interconnection between systems or subsystems.. (computing, object-oriented) In object-oriented programming, a piece of [...]

Words with the same origin as interface

Descendants of inter-

interaction international