Etymology

intershell

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Today it means: Between shells. Full definition →

English shell ← Middle English schelle ← Old English sċiell
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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*(s)kelH-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*skol-yeh₂
  9. Proto-Germanic*skaljō
  10. Proto-West Germanic*skallju
  11. Old Englishsċiell
  12. Middle Englishschelle
  13. Englishshell
  14. English todayintershell

From inter- + shell.

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