Where does “internode” come from?

internode (English) comes from English node, from Middle English node, from Latin nōdus, from Proto-Indo-European gned-.

internode (English): Between nodes; A section of stem between two stem...

Definitions

  1. Between nodes; A section of stem between two stem...

Ancestry of “internode”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishnodeA knot, knob, protuberance or swelling; The point...
2Middle Englishnodelump, swelling; knot, tie
3Latinnōdusa knot (in rope)
4Proto-Indo-Europeangned-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gned- →Every word from Latin nōdus →Every word from Middle English node →
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