Etymology

interorgan

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Today it means: Between organs Full definition →

English organ ← Middle English organe ← Old French organe
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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. Latinorganum
  8. Old Frenchorgane
  9. Middle Englishorgane
  10. Englishorgan
  11. English todayinterorgan

From inter- + organ.

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