English

interplant

From inter- + plant.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér ‘between’

Proto-Italic *n̥ter ‘between’

Latin inter ‘between’

Latin planta ‘sprout, shoot, cutting’

Proto-West Germanic *plantu ‘plant’

Old English plante ‘young tree or shrub’

Middle English plante

English plant

Today it means

adj Between manufacturing plants or divisions.

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

Etymograph / interplant