English

intercaste

From inter- + caste.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér ‘between’

Proto-Italic *n̥ter ‘between’

Latin inter ‘between’

Proto-Italic *kastos

Latin castus ‘chaste"’

Old Galician-Portuguese casto

Portuguese casto ‘chaste’

Spanish casta ‘lineage, breed, race’

English caste

Today it means

adj Between different castes.

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

Etymograph / intercaste