English

interstreak

From inter- + streak.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér ‘between’

Proto-Italic *n̥ter ‘between’

Latin inter ‘between’

Proto-Indo-European *streyg- ‘line’

Proto-Germanic *strikiz ‘line’

Old English strica

Middle English streke

Today it means

adj Between streaks.

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

Etymograph / interstreak