English

interchain

From inter- + chain.

A compound of inter- + chain

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér ‘between’

Proto-Italic *n̥ter ‘between’

Latin inter ‘between’

Proto-Italic *katesnā

Latin catēna ‘chain’

Old French chaeine ‘chain’

Middle English cheyne ‘a chain’

English chain

Today it means

adj Between chains (of a polymer etc)

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

Etymograph / interchain