An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

English-French-Persian

فرهنگ ریشه‌شناختی اخترشناسی-اخترفیزیک



interest
  ۱) اندَرَست؛ ۲) اندَرَستیدن  
1) andarast; 2) andarastidan
Fr.: 1) intérêt; 2) intéresser  

1a) The sense of curiosity about or concern with something or someone.

1b) Something in which one is interested.

1c) A right, share, or claim in a business or property.

  1. To engage or excite the attention or curiosity of.

Etymology (EN): M.E., from M.L. from L. interest “it concerns,” from M.L. interesse “compensation for loss,” noun use of L. interesse “to concern, make a difference, be of importance,” literally “to be between,” from → inter- “between” + esse “to be,”
entity.

Etymology (PE): Andarast, coined (Adib-Soltani) on the model of the L. word, as above, from andar “between,” → inter-, + ast variant hast “is, exists,” → entity.