English

intertroop

From inter- + troop.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér ‘between’

Proto-Italic *n̥ter ‘between’

Latin inter ‘between’

Proto-Indo-European *treb- ‘settlement, dwelling’

Old French trope

Middle French trope

French troupe

English troop

Today it means

adj Between troops.

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

Etymograph / intertroop