English

intertubule

From inter- + tubule.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér ‘between’

Proto-Italic *n̥ter ‘between’

Latin inter ‘between’

Latin tuba ‘long trumpet over 1 meter in length,…’

Latin tubus ‘trumpet used at sacrifices’

Latin tubulus ‘diminutive of tubus’

Today it means

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

Etymograph / intertubule