Etymograph

English

interburst

From inter- + burst.

A compound of inter- + burst

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér ‘between’

Proto-Italic *n̥ter ‘between’

Latin inter ‘between’

English inter-

Proto-Germanic *brestaną ‘to burst, break, sunder, split, crack’

Proto-West Germanic *brestan ‘to burst, break, sunder, split, crack’

Old English berstan ‘to break, shatter, burst’

Middle English bresten ‘to break, smash’

English burst

Today it means

adj Occurring between neural bursts, such as in an epileptic seizure

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