Etymograph

English

intercountry

From inter- + country.

Formed from inter- + country

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér ‘between’

Proto-Italic *n̥ter ‘between’

Latin inter ‘between’

English inter-

Proto-Italic *komteros ‘the other of the two who meet, opposite’

…

Latin contrā ‘against’

Vulgar Latin *(terra) contrāta ‘facing land’

Old French contree ‘country’

Middle English contre ‘a region’

English country

Today it means

adj Between countries.

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

Etymograph / intercountry