English
interloop
From inter- + loop.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’
Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér ‘between’
Proto-Italic *n̥ter ‘between’
Latin inter ‘between’
English inter-
Proto-Indo-European *klewb- ‘to spring’
Proto-Germanic *hlaupaną ‘to leap, run’
Old Norse hlaupa ‘to leap’
Old Norse hlaup ‘a run’
Middle English loupe ‘noose, loop’
English loop
Today it means
adj Between loops.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / interloop