English
intercompatible
From inter- + compatible.
Formed from inter- + compatible
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’
Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér ‘between’
Proto-Italic *n̥ter ‘between’
Latin inter ‘between’
English inter-
Late Latin patior ‘to suffer’
Late Latin compator ‘to suffer with’
Medieval Latin compatibilis ‘in compatibile beneficium, a benefice which…’
Anglo-Norman compatible
Middle English compatible
English compatible
Today it means
adj Mutually compatible
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / intercompatible