English

interplayer

From inter- + player.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér ‘between’

Proto-Italic *n̥ter ‘between’

Latin inter ‘between’

Proto-West Germanic *plegārī

Old English pleġere ‘player, athlete’

Middle English pleyere ‘one who plays a game or sport’

Today it means

adj Between players.

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

Etymograph / interplayer