English

interpeak

From inter- + peak.

A compound of inter- + peak

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér ‘between’

Proto-Italic *n̥ter ‘between’

Latin inter ‘between’

Old English Pēac- ‘peak (in place names)’

Middle English pek ‘peak’

English peak

Today it means

adj Between peaks

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

Etymograph / interpeak