English

intermode

From inter- + mode.

Formed from inter- + mode

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér ‘between’

Proto-Italic *n̥ter ‘between’

Latin inter ‘between’

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

Proto-Indo-European *mod-ós ‘measure’

Proto-Italic *modos

Latin modus ‘measure’

Old French mode

English mode

Today it means

adj Between modes.

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

Etymograph / intermode