Where does “interasteroidal” come from?

interasteroidal (English) comes from English asteroidal, from English asteroid, from Ancient Greek ἀστεροειδής, from Ancient Greek εἶδος, from Spanish -scopio, from Latin -scopium, from Ancient Greek σκοπέω, from Ancient Greek σκοπός — to see, to look, to observe.

interasteroidal (English): Between asteroids

Definitions

  1. Between asteroids

Ancestry of “interasteroidal”, step by step

interasteroidal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English asteroidal

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishasteroidalOf or pertaining to an asteroid
2EnglishasteroidAny member of the taxonomic class Asteroidea; a...
3Ancient Greekἀστεροειδήςstarlike
4Ancient GreekεἶδοςThat which is seen: form, image, shape;...
5Spanish-scopio-scope
6Latin-scopium
7Ancient GreekσκοπέωI look, look at, behold; I examine, inspect; 413...
8Ancient Greekσκοπόςwatcher, lookout; protector, guardian; spy, scout
9Ancient GreekσκέπτομαιI look at, examine; I examine, consider, think
10Proto-Hellenicsképťomaito look at
11Proto-Indo-Europeanspéḱyetito be looking at, to keep looking at
12Proto-Indo-Europeanspeḱ-to see, to look, to observe

via English inter

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishinterTo bury in a grave; To confine, as in a prison
2Middle Englishenteren
3Frenchentrerto enter
4Middle Frenchentrerto enter
5Old Frenchentrerto enter
6Latinintrōto enter, go into, come in, get in, penetrate
7Latinintrawithin; inside; during; less than
8Latininterus
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énterosinside, within
10Proto-Indo-European-terosContrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European speḱ-
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