English
interborough
From inter- + borough.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’
Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér ‘between’
Proto-Italic *n̥ter ‘between’
Latin inter ‘between’
English inter-
Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- ‘to be elevated, up high’
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Proto-Germanic *burgz ‘stronghold, city’
Proto-West Germanic *burg ‘city’
Old English burh
Middle English borwe
English borough
Today it means
adj Between boroughs.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / interborough