English
interfleet
From inter- + fleet.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’
Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér ‘between’
Proto-Italic *n̥ter ‘between’
Latin inter ‘between’
English inter-
Proto-Indo-European *plewd- ‘to flow, run’
Proto-Germanic *fleutaną ‘to float, stream’
Old English flēotan ‘to float’
Old English flēot ‘ship’
Middle English flete
English fleet
Today it means
adj Between fleets.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / interfleet