Etymology

intercharacter

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English character ← Middle English caracter ← Old French caractere
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁n̥tér
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥ter
  4. Latininter
  5. Latininter-
  6. Englishinter-
  7. Ancient Greekχαράσσω (kharássō)
  8. Ancient Greekχαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr)
  9. Latincharactēr
  10. Old Frenchcaractere
  11. Middle Englishcaracter
  12. Englishcharacter
  13. English todayintercharacter

From inter- + character.

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