English
intercategory
From inter- + category.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’
Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér ‘between’
Proto-Italic *n̥ter ‘between’
Latin inter ‘between’
English inter-
Ancient Greek κᾰτηγορέω ‘I accuse’
Ancient Greek κατηγορία ‘charge; head of predicables’
Late Latin catēgoria ‘class of predicables’
Middle French categorie
French catégorie
English category
Today it means
adj Between categories.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / intercategory