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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | © The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology 1996, originally published by Oxford University Press 1996. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

interfere (of horse) knock one leg against another XVI; collide, come into opposition, intermeddle with XVII; intervene XVIII. — OF. (refl.) s'entreferir strike each other, f. entre- INTER- + férir :- L. ferīre strike.
Hence interference XVIII, interferometer XIX.

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