Etymology

interisland

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Today it means: Between islands. Full definition →

English island ← Middle English ilond ← Old English īeġland
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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. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ékʷeh₂
  8. Proto-Germanic*awjō
  9. Proto-Indo-European*lendʰ-
  10. Proto-Germanic*landą
  11. Proto-Germanic*awjōlandą
  12. Proto-West Germanic*auwjuland
  13. Old Englishīeġland
  14. Middle Englishilond
  15. Englishiland
  16. Englishisland
  17. English todayinterisland

From inter- + island.

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