Etymograph

English

intercapillary

From inter- + capillary.

Formed from inter- + capillary

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér ‘between’

Proto-Italic *n̥ter ‘between’

Latin inter ‘between’

English inter-

Latin capillus ‘the hair, properly of the head’

Latin capillāris ‘pertaining to the hair’

English capillary

Today it means

adj Between capillaries.

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

Etymograph / intercapillary