English

intercavitary

From inter- + cavitary.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér ‘between’

Proto-Italic *n̥ter ‘between’

Latin inter ‘between’

Proto-Italic *kawos

Latin cavus ‘hollow, excavated, concave’

Latin cavitas ‘cavity’

Today it means

adj Between cavities of the body.

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

Etymograph / intercavitary