English

interocean

From inter- + ocean.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér ‘between’

Proto-Italic *n̥ter ‘between’

Latin inter ‘between’

Ancient Greek Ὠκεανός ‘Oceanus; the world-encircling river’

Latin Ōceanus ‘ocean’

Old French occean

Middle English occean

English ocean

Today it means

adj Between oceans.

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

Etymograph / interocean