Etymology

interdiscal

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Today it means: Between (vertebral) discs Full definition →

English discal ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← French disque
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁n̥tér
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥ter
  4. Latininter
  5. Latininter-
  6. Englishinter-
  7. Ancient Greekδίσκος (dískos)
  8. Latindiscu
  9. Frenchdisque
  10. Englishdisc
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  13. Englishdiscal
  14. English todayinterdiscal

From inter- + discal.

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