English

interpupil

From inter- + pupil.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér ‘between’

Proto-Italic *n̥ter ‘between’

Latin inter ‘between’

Latin pūpus ‘child’

Latin pūpillus ‘orphan, minor’

Anglo-Norman pupille ‘orphan’

Middle English pupille

English pupil

Today it means

adj Between pupils.

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

Etymograph / interpupil