English

interstress

From inter- + stress.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér ‘between’

Proto-Italic *n̥ter ‘between’

Latin inter ‘between’

Latin stringō ‘to draw tight together’

Latin distringō ‘to stretch out, apart’

Old French destrecier ‘to distress’

Middle English destresse

Today it means

adj Between stressed syllables.

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

Etymograph / interstress