English
interpulse
From inter- + pulse.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’
Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér ‘between’
Proto-Italic *n̥ter ‘between’
Latin inter ‘between’
English inter-
Proto-Indo-European *pel- ‘to beat, strike’
Latin pulsus ‘beat, impulse, pulse, stroke’
Old French pous
Anglo-Norman puls
Middle English pulse ‘regular beat of arteries, pulse’
English pulse
Today it means
adj Between pulses.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / interpulse