English

interdash

From inter- + dash.

Formed from inter- + dash

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér ‘between’

Proto-Italic *n̥ter ‘between’

Latin inter ‘between’

Old Norse daska

Danish daske ‘to slap, strike’

Middle English daschen ‘to hit with a weapon and cause damage’

English dash

Today it means

verb To intersperse.

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

Etymograph / interdash