English
intercontraction
From inter- + contraction.
Formed from inter- + contraction
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’
Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér ‘between’
Proto-Italic *n̥ter ‘between’
Latin inter ‘between’
English inter-
Latin trahō ‘drag’
Latin contrahō ‘draw together, shorten’
Latin contractiō ‘a drawing together, contraction’
Old French contraction
Middle English contraccioun
English contraction
Today it means
adj Between successive contractions
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / intercontraction