English

interankle

From inter- + ankle.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér ‘between’

Proto-Italic *n̥ter ‘between’

Latin inter ‘between’

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eng- ‘joint’

Proto-Germanic *ankulaz

Proto-West Germanic *ankul

Old English ancol

Middle English ankel

English ankle

Today it means

adj Between ankles.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / interankle