English

intergeneric

From inter- + generic.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér ‘between’

Proto-Italic *n̥ter ‘between’

Latin inter ‘between’

Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to produce, beget’

Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os ‘race’

Proto-Italic *genos

Latin genus ‘genus, kind’

Middle French générique

Today it means

adj Between organisms of different genera.

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

Etymograph / intergeneric