English

interbed

From inter- + bed.

A compound of inter- + bed

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér ‘between’

Proto-Italic *n̥ter ‘between’

Latin inter ‘between’

Proto-Germanic *badją ‘resting-place’

Proto-West Germanic *badi ‘plot of ground’

Old English bedd

Middle English bed ‘a bed’

English bed

Today it means

verb To interleave between other beds or strata having different characteristics

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

Etymograph / interbed