interactive

noun

A feature (as in a museum) that can be interacted with.

adjective

(computer science) Offering or involving interaction with the user.

Interacting with or communicating with and reacting to each other; influencing or having an effect on each other; acting or capable of acting on each other or with the other.

Roots

interinter- · Latin · between, within ago-act · Latin · do, drive

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Where does interactive come from?

The word interactive breaks down into 2 roots of Latin origin: inter-, from Latin inter (“between, within”); and -act, from Latin ago (“do, drive”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.