internetwork

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noun

A network of networks.

OriginEnglish network ← Middle English net ← Old English nett →
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Meanings

nouninternetwork (plural internetworks)

plural internetworks

  1. A network of networks.
verbinternetwork (third-person singular simple present internetworks, present participle internetworking, simple past and past participle internetworked)

present singular third person internetworks · participle present internetworking · participle past internetworked · past internetworked

  1. transitiveTo set up as a network of networks.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁n̥tér
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥ter
  4. Latininter
  5. Latininter-
  6. Englishinter-
  7. Proto-Germanic*natją
  8. Proto-West Germanic*nati
  9. Old Englishnett
  10. Middle Englishnet
  11. Englishnet
  12. Englishwork
  13. Englishnetwork
  14. Englishinternetwork

From inter- + network.

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APA

internetwork. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/internetwork

MLA

“internetwork.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/internetwork. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “internetwork,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/internetwork.

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