English
intertubercular
From inter- + tubercular, or, inter- + tubercul(um) + -ar.
Formed from inter- + tubercular
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’
Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér ‘between’
Proto-Italic *n̥ter ‘between’
Latin inter ‘between’
English inter-
Latin tūber ‘hump, bump, swelling, protuberance’
Latin tuberculum ‘diminutive of tuber (“lump”)’
English tubercular
Today it means
adj Between tubercles.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / intertubercular