Etymograph

English

interintelligible

From inter- + intelligible.

Formed from inter- + intelligible

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér ‘between’

Proto-Italic *n̥ter ‘between’

Latin inter ‘between’

English inter-

Latin intellegibilis ‘understandable, intelligible’

Middle French intelligible

English intelligible

Today it means

adj Of a speech variety, able to be understood by speakers of another variety.

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

Etymograph / interintelligible