English

intermate

From inter- + mate.

Formed from inter- + mate

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér ‘between’

Proto-Italic *n̥ter ‘between’

Latin inter ‘between’

Proto-Germanic *matiz ‘food’

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Old Saxon *gimato

Middle Low German gemate ‘messmate’

Middle Low German mate ‘messmate’

Middle English mate

English mate

Today it means

verb To mate with a member of another species or group.

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

Etymograph / intermate