English

interproximate

From inter- + proximate.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér ‘between’

Proto-Italic *n̥ter ‘between’

Latin inter ‘between’

Proto-Indo-European *prokʷe

Latin prope ‘near’

Latin proximus ‘nearest’

Late Latin proximare ‘to draw near, approach’

Late Latin proximatus

Today it means

adj Between adjacent vertices

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

Etymograph / interproximate