English

interreef

From inter- + reef.

Formed from inter- + reef

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér ‘between’

Proto-Italic *n̥ter ‘between’

Latin inter ‘between’

Proto-Indo-European *h₁rebʰ- ‘arch, ceiling, cover’

Proto-Germanic *ribją ‘rib, reef’

Old Norse rif ‘rib, reef’

Middle English rif

English reef

Today it means

adj Between reefs.

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

Etymograph / interreef