Etymograph

English

interlapidate

From inter- + Latin lapid- (“stone”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix), after interfoliate.

Formed from inter- + lapis ‘stone’ + -ate

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér ‘between’

Proto-Italic *n̥ter ‘between’

Latin inter ‘between’

English inter-

Today it means

verb To fit in between each other like stones in a building.

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

Etymograph / interlapidate