Etymograph

English

interfinger

From inter- + finger.

Formed from inter- + finger

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér ‘between’

Proto-Italic *n̥ter ‘between’

Latin inter ‘between’

English inter-

Proto-Germanic *fingraz ‘finger’

Proto-West Germanic *fingr

Old English finger

Middle English fynger ‘a finger’

English finger

Today it means

verb To interpenetrate in long alternating strips like clasped fingers.

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

Etymograph / interfinger