English
intertumour
From inter- + tumour.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’
Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér ‘between’
Proto-Italic *n̥ter ‘between’
Latin inter ‘between’
English inter-
Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- ‘to swell’
Latin tumeō ‘to be swollen, turgid, distended, puffed out…’
Latin tumor ‘swelling’
Old French tumour ‘tumor’
Middle English tumour
English tumour
Today it means
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Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / intertumour