Etymology

in-between

Today it means: Lying between; neither one thing nor the other; intermediary. Full definition →

English between ← Middle English in- ← Old English in-
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Germanic*in
  3. Old Englishin-
  4. Middle Englishin-
  5. Englishin-
  6. Englishbetween
  7. English todayin-between

From in- + between.

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