Formed from inter- + tie
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’
Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér ‘between’
Proto-Italic *n̥ter ‘between’
Latin inter ‘between’
English inter-
Proto-Indo-European *dewk- ‘to pull’
Proto-Germanic *taugō ‘cord’
Proto-West Germanic *taugu
Old English tēag ‘cord’
Middle English teye ‘cord’
English tie
Today it means
noun In any framed work, a horizontal tie other than sill and plate or other principal ties, securing uprights to one another.
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Etymograph / intertie
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