English
intermaxillary
From inter- + maxillary.
Formed from inter- + maxillary
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’
Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér ‘between’
Proto-Italic *n̥ter ‘between’
Latin inter ‘between’
English inter-
Proto-Indo-European *smeḱ- ‘beard’
Proto-Italic *smakslā
Latin māla ‘the cheekbone, jaw’
Latin māxilla ‘the jawbone, jaw’
Latin māxillāris ‘of or belonging to the jaw’
English maxillary
Today it means
adj Between the maxillae.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / intermaxillary