Where does “interoceanic” come from?

interoceanic (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.

interoceanic (English): Between oceans; connecting two oceans

Definitions

  1. Between oceans; connecting two oceans

Ancestry of “interoceanic”, step by step

interoceanic traces back through 3 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 Oceanic

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishOceanicOf or pertaining to Oceania; Oceanian
2Latinoceanicusoceanic
3Latin-icusbelonging to; derived from; of or pertaining to;...
4Ancient Greek-ικόςof or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic
5Ancient Greek-κόςforms adjectives with the sense of 'of or...
6Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic

via French interocéanique

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchinterocéaniqueinteroceanic
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -teros