Where does “intermacrofibrillar” come from?

intermacrofibrillar (English) comes from English inter, from Middle English enteren, from French entrer, from Middle French entrer, from Old French entrer, from Latin intrō, from Latin intra, from Latin interus — Contrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix.

intermacrofibrillar (English): Between macrofibrils

Definitions

  1. Between macrofibrils

Ancestry of “intermacrofibrillar”, step by step

intermacrofibrillar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

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

via English macrofibrillar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmacrofibrillarRelating to or composed of macrofibrils
2EnglishfibrillarOf or pertaining to fibrils; Having the...
3English-arOf, near, or pertaining to; Forming nouns such as...
4Middle English-ar
5Old English-eremasculine agent suffix, originally applied only...
6Proto-West Germanic-ārī-er
7Proto-Germanic-ārijaz-er
8Latin-āriuser
9Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -teros