English

intercase

From inter- + case.

Formed from inter- + case

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér ‘between’

Proto-Italic *n̥ter ‘between’

Latin inter ‘between’

Proto-Indo-European *ḱh₂d- ‘to fall’

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Latin cadō ‘to fall’

Latin cāsus ‘a fall; accident, chance’

Old French cas ‘an event’

Middle English cas

English case

Today it means

adj Between cases.

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

Etymograph / intercase