English
interspecimen
From inter- + specimen.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’
Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér ‘between’
Proto-Italic *n̥ter ‘between’
Latin inter ‘between’
English inter-
Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- ‘to see, to look, to observe’
Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti ‘to be looking at, to keep looking at’
Proto-Italic *spekjō ‘to observe, see’
Latin speciō ‘observe, watch’
Latin specimen ‘mark, sign, example’
English specimen
Today it means
adj Between specimens
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / interspecimen