Etymograph

English

intercoil

From inter- + coil.

Formed from inter- + coil

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér ‘between’

Proto-Italic *n̥ter ‘between’

Latin inter ‘between’

English inter-

Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- ‘to gather’

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Latin legō ‘to gather’

Latin colligō ‘to gather together’

Old French coillir ‘to gather, pluck, pick, cull’

Middle English coilen ‘to gather, collect, or pick’

English coil

Today it means

verb To coil together.

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

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