8 letters · 8 points in Scrabble
adjective happening or arising or located within some limits or especially surface
adjective occurring within an institution or community
adjective inside the country
originFrom Middle English internall, internalle, borrowing from New Latin internālis (“of or pertaining to the inner part”), from internus (“inward, internal”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix). By surface analysis, intern + -al.
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