English

interatom

From inter- + atom.

A compound of inter- + atom

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér ‘between’

Proto-Italic *n̥ter ‘between’

Latin inter ‘between’

Proto-Indo-European *temh₁- ‘to cut’

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Ancient Greek ἄτομος ‘indivisible’

Latin atomus ‘smallest particle’

Middle French athome

Middle English attome

English atom

Today it means

adj Occurring between atoms.

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

Etymograph / interatom