English

interpatch

From inter- + patch.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér ‘between’

Proto-Italic *n̥ter ‘between’

Latin inter ‘between’

Middle English patche ‘a cloth patch on a garment’

English patch

Today it means

adj Between patches.

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

Etymograph / interpatch