English

interoestrus

From inter- + oestrus.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér ‘between’

Proto-Italic *n̥ter ‘between’

Latin inter ‘between’

Proto-Indo-European *h₁eysh₂- ‘to strengthen’

Ancient Greek οἶστρος ‘gadfly, breese’

Latin oestrus ‘gadfly, sting, frenzy’

Today it means

adj Between successive oestrus periods

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

Etymograph / interoestrus