intruder
/ˌɪnˈtɹuːdə/in-TROO-dur
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked/ˌɪnˈtɹudɚ/in-TROO-dur
Meaningone who intrudes
Common meaning: someone who enters without permission
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- inin, into; (before adjectives) not
- trudto thrust, pushLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1905 · scan
- eragent ending: one who
‘in, into’ + ‘to thrust, push’ → intruder
Journey through time
- Latintrūdō, trūsī, trūsum‘to thrust, push’
- Englishintrude‘to come in uninvited’
- Englishformed in English from intrudeintruder‘someone who enters without permission’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from intrude + -er.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), INTRUDE, p.300 · scan
Roots
- trūdō, trūsī, trūsum Latin “to thrust, push”
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