English

interspecial

From inter- + special.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér ‘between’

Proto-Italic *n̥ter ‘between’

Latin inter ‘between’

Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- ‘to see’

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Latin speciēs ‘seeing’

Latin speciālis ‘specific’

Old French especial

Middle English *special

Today it means

adj Between species.

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

Etymograph / interspecial