English

interdot

From inter- + dot.

Formed from inter- + dot

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér ‘between’

Proto-Italic *n̥ter ‘between’

Latin inter ‘between’

Proto-Germanic *duttaz ‘wisp’

Proto-West Germanic *dott

Old English dott ‘a dot, point’

Middle English *dot

English dot

Today it means

adj Between dots (in any of several contexts).

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

Etymograph / interdot