English

interwhisker

From inter- + whisker.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér ‘between’

Proto-Italic *n̥ter ‘between’

Latin inter ‘between’

Middle English wisker

Today it means

adj Between whiskers

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

Etymograph / interwhisker