English
intertropic
From inter- + tropic.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’
Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér ‘between’
Proto-Italic *n̥ter ‘between’
Latin inter ‘between’
English inter-
Proto-Indo-European *trep- ‘to turn’
Ancient Greek τρέπω ‘turn’
Ancient Greek τροπή ‘turn; solstice’
Ancient Greek τροπικός ‘of a turn; of the solstice’
Late Latin tropicus ‘of or pertaining to the solstice’
English tropic
Today it means
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Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / intertropic