Etymograph

English

intersystem

From inter- + system.

A compound of inter- + system

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér ‘between’

Proto-Italic *n̥ter ‘between’

Latin inter ‘between’

English inter-

Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- ‘to stand (up)’

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Ancient Greek συνίστημι ‘to combine, organize’

Ancient Greek σύστημα ‘musical scale; organized body; whole made of…’

Late Latin systēma ‘harmony; musical scale; system’

Middle French systeme

English system

Today it means

adj Between systems.

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

Etymograph / intersystem