English

intercell

From inter- + cell.

Formed from inter- + cell

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér ‘between’

Proto-Italic *n̥ter ‘between’

Latin inter ‘between’

Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- ‘to cover’

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Proto-Italic *kelnā

Latin cella ‘chamber, small room’

Old English cell

Middle English celle

English cell

Today it means

adj Between cells.

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

Etymograph / intercell