English

intercanine

From inter- + canine.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér ‘between’

Proto-Italic *n̥ter ‘between’

Latin inter ‘between’

Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ ‘dog’

Latin canis ‘dog’

Latin canīnus ‘of dogs, doglike, dogtooth’

Today it means

adj Between the canine teeth.

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

Etymograph / intercanine