English

intertube

From inter- + tube.

Formed from inter- + tube

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér ‘between’

Proto-Italic *n̥ter ‘between’

Latin inter ‘between’

Latin tubus ‘tube, pipe’

Middle French tube ‘conduit; pipe’

English tube

Today it means

adj Between or among tubes or nanotubes.

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

Etymograph / intertube