Where does “interdroplet” come from?

interdroplet (English) comes from English droplet, from English drop, from Middle English droppen, from Old English dropian, from Old English -ian, from Old English -ōjan, from Proto-West Germanic -ōn, from Proto-Germanic -ōną — he, she.

interdroplet (English): Between droplets

Definitions

  1. Between droplets

Ancestry of “interdroplet”, step by step

interdroplet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English droplet

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdropletA very small drop
2EnglishdropA small quantity of liquid, just large enough to...
3Middle EnglishdroppenTo drip; to fall in drops
4Old Englishdropianto drop
5Old English-ianForms verbs from nouns and adjectives
6Old English-ōjan
7Proto-West Germanic-ōnCreates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates...
8Proto-Germanic-ōnąCreates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates...
9Proto-Indo-European-eh₂yétiCreates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
10Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
11Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-
12Chichewaiyehe, she

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 Chichewa iyeEvery word from Proto-Indo-European -yétiEvery word from Proto-Germanic -ōną