English

interspike

From inter- + spike.

A compound of inter- + spike

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér ‘between’

Proto-Italic *n̥ter ‘between’

Latin inter ‘between’

Proto-Indo-European *spey- ‘to be pointed’

Proto-Germanic *spīkō ‘stick, splinter, point’

Old Norse spík ‘spike, sprig’

Middle English spike

English spike

Today it means

adj Between spikes on a graph.

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

Etymograph / interspike