English

intercompare

From inter- + compare.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér ‘between’

Proto-Italic *n̥ter ‘between’

Latin inter ‘between’

Latin par ‘equal’

Latin compar ‘like or equal to another’

Latin comparō ‘to compare; to pair’

Old French comparer

Middle English comparen ‘to compare’

Today it means

verb To compare multiple characteristics of multiple things

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

Etymograph / intercompare