Where does “intermétallique” come from?
intermétallique (French) comes from French inter-, from Latin inter, from Proto-Indo-European h₁entér, from Proto-Indo-European h₁en — in; in, inside.
intermétallique (French): intermetallic
Ancestry of “intermétallique”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | inter- | inter- |
| 2 | Latin | inter | between, among; during, while |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁entér | between |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁en | in; in, inside |