English

interwave

From inter- + wave.

Formed from inter- + wave

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér ‘between’

Proto-Italic *n̥ter ‘between’

Latin inter ‘between’

Proto-Indo-European *webʰ- ‘to weave, braid’

Proto-Germanic *wabōną

Proto-West Germanic *wabōn

Old English wafian ‘to wave’

Middle English waven ‘to shake’

English wave

Today it means

adj Between waves.

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

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