English

intercolor

From inter- + color.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér ‘between’

Proto-Italic *n̥ter ‘between’

Latin inter ‘between’

Latin color ‘color’

Old French colour ‘colour’

Anglo-Norman colur

Middle English colour ‘colour’

English color

Today it means

adj Between people of different skin colors.

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

Etymograph / intercolor