Intramural
/ˌɪn.trəˈmjʊr.əl/noun
Located or taking place within the boundaries of a single institution or community.
Did you know?Its roots are pure Latin architecture: intra means “inside,” and murus means “wall,” so the word originally described anything happening inside a fortified boundary.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*mei-
“to enclose or bind”
Latin
Latin
intra
“within, inside”
Latin
Latin
murus
“wall”
Late Latin
Latin
intramuralis
“within the walls”
19th Century
English
intramural
“within the walls of a school, city, or institution”