English

interwire

From inter- + wire.

Formed from inter- + wire

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér ‘between’

Proto-Italic *n̥ter ‘between’

Latin inter ‘between’

Proto-Indo-European *weh₁y- ‘to turn’

Proto-Indo-European *weh₁iros ‘a twist’

Proto-Germanic *wīraz

Old English wīr ‘wire’

Middle English wir

English wire

Today it means

adj Between wires.

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

Etymograph / interwire