Interfere
/ˌɪn.təˈfɪəɹ/noun
To intervene in a situation, often in a way that causes disruption or prevents something from happening.
Did you know?Interfere entered English through the idea of one thing being ‘carried or struck between’ others, and its disruptive sense grew later from that physical image.
Etymological Timeline
Latin
Latin
interferre
“to carry or bring between; to strike between”
Late Latin
Latin
interferre
“to put or place between, or intervene”
14th Century
Middle French
interferer
“to meddle, interfere”
16th Century
English
interfere
“to intermeddle or come between”
Modern English
English
interfere
“to interpose or obstruct; to meddle in a situation”