English

intersyllable

From inter- + syllable.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér ‘between’

Proto-Italic *n̥ter ‘between’

Latin inter ‘between’

Proto-Hellenic *hlagʷ-

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Latin syllaba

Old French sillebe

Anglo-Norman sillable

Middle English syllable

Today it means

adj between adjacent syllables

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

Etymograph / intersyllable