Etymograph

English

intercompetition

From inter- + competition.

Formed from inter- + competition

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér ‘between’

Proto-Italic *n̥ter ‘between’

Latin inter ‘between’

English inter-

Latin petō ‘to seek’

Latin competō ‘to come together, meet’

Late Latin competītiō

French compétition

English competition

Today it means

adj Between competitions.

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

Etymograph / intercompetition