English

interblink

From inter- + blink.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér ‘between’

Proto-Italic *n̥ter ‘between’

Latin inter ‘between’

Old English *blincan

Middle English blynken

English blink

Today it means

adj Between blinks of the eye.

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

Etymograph / interblink