English

interwhite

From inter- + white.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér ‘between’

Proto-Italic *n̥ter ‘between’

Latin inter ‘between’

Proto-Indo-European *ḱweydós

Proto-Germanic *hwītaz

Proto-West Germanic *hwīt

Old English hwīt

Middle English whit ‘white’

English white

Today it means

adj Between (groups of) white people.

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

Etymograph / interwhite