English

interfile

From inter- + file.

A compound of inter- + file

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér ‘between’

Proto-Italic *n̥ter ‘between’

Latin inter ‘between’

Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰiH-(s-)lo- ‘sinew’

Proto-Italic *fī(s)lom

Latin fīlum ‘thread’

Old French fil ‘thread’

English file

Today it means

verb To file (something) between or among existing entries.

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

Etymograph / interfile