Etymology

intermolar

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Today it means: Between molars Full definition →

English molar ← Middle English molar ← Latin molāris
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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*melh₂-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*molh₂éh₂
  9. Proto-Italic*molā
  10. Latinmola
  11. Latinmolāris
  12. Middle Englishmolar
  13. Englishmolar
  14. English todayintermolar

From inter- + molar.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.