English

intermodality

From inter- + modality.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér ‘between’

Proto-Italic *n̥ter ‘between’

Latin inter ‘between’

Proto-Indo-European *med- ‘to measure’

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Latin modus ‘mode’

Medieval Latin modālis ‘pertaining to a mode’

French modal

French modalité ‘modality, manner’

Today it means

adj Between modalities.

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

Etymograph / intermodality