English

intermessage

From inter- + message.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér ‘between’

Proto-Italic *n̥ter ‘between’

Latin inter ‘between’

Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂- ‘to exchange’

Latin mittō ‘to send’

Early Medieval Latin missāticum

Old French message

Middle English message

Today it means

adj Between messages.

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

Etymograph / intermessage