Etymograph

English

interfoveal

From inter- + foveal.

Formed from inter- + foveal

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér ‘between’

Proto-Italic *n̥ter ‘between’

Latin inter ‘between’

English inter-

Latin favissae ‘underground cellars’

Latin fovea ‘pit, hole in the ground’

Latin foveālis ‘of or pertaining to an ore-pit or ore-pits’

English foveal

Today it means

adj Between the foveae.

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

Etymograph / interfoveal