English
interlick
From inter- + lick.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’
Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér ‘between’
Proto-Italic *n̥ter ‘between’
Latin inter ‘between’
English inter-
Proto-Indo-European *leyǵʰ- ‘to lick’
Proto-Germanic *likkōną ‘to lick’
Proto-West Germanic *likkōn ‘to lick’
Old English liccian ‘to lick’
Middle English likken ‘to lick’
English lick
Today it means
adj Between licks.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / interlick