Etymograph

English

interattrition

From inter- + attrition.

Formed from inter- + attrition

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér ‘between’

Proto-Italic *n̥ter ‘between’

Latin inter ‘between’

English inter-

Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- ‘to rub, rub by twisting, twist, turn’

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Latin atterō ‘to wear’

Latin attrītiō ‘a rubbing against’

Middle French attricion

Middle English attricion

English attrition

Today it means

noun Attrition caused by things rubbing together.

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

Etymograph / interattrition