Where does “interocean” come from?

interocean (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.

interocean (English): Between oceans

Definitions

  1. Between oceans

Ancestry of “interocean”, step by step

interocean 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 ocean

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishoceanOne of the large bodies of water separating the...
2Middle EnglishocceanA large sea believed to encircle the world's...
3Old Frenchocceanocean
4LatinŌceanus
5Ancient Greekὠκεανόςocean
6Ancient GreekὨκεανόςthe great earth-encircling river; Oceanus, a...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -teros