English
interstageinterstage
From inter- + stage.
A compound of inter- + stage
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’
Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér ‘between’
Proto-Italic *n̥ter ‘between’
Latin inter ‘between’
English inter-
Old French ester ‘to be standing, be located’
Old French estage ‘dwelling, position’
Middle English stage ‘the topmost story of a building’
English stage
Today it means
noun The structure, generally containing mechanical components and instruments but no engines or fuel tanks, connecting the top of a stage of a multistage rocket to the bottom of the stage above it.
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