English

intercolumn

Intercolumn comes from Latin intercolumnium ‘intercolumniation’.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

Equivalent to inter- + column

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér ‘between’

Proto-Italic *n̥ter ‘between’

Latin inter ‘between’

Proto-Indo-European *kelH- ‘to rise, be tall’

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Latin culmen ‘a pillar, top, crown, summit’

Latin columna ‘a column, pillar, post’

Old French columne

Middle English columne

Every English word from Latin intercolumnium

noun A space between columns.

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