Etymograph

English

interturn

From inter- + turn.

Formed from inter- + turn

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér ‘between’

Proto-Italic *n̥ter ‘between’

Latin inter ‘between’

English inter-

Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- ‘to rub, rub by turning, turn’

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Latin tornō ‘to round off, turn in a lathe’

Proto-West Germanic *turnēn ‘to turn, lathe’

Old English turnian ‘to turn, rotate’

Middle English turnen ‘to turn’

English turn

Today it means

adj Between turns of a winding.

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

Etymograph / interturn