interlayer

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Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *h₁én

Proto-Indo-European *-tér

Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥tér

Proto-Italic *n̥ter

Latin inter

Latin inter-bor.

English inter-

Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti

Proto-Indo-European *logʰéyeti

Proto-Germanic *lagjaną

Proto-West Germanic *laggjan

Old English leċġan

Middle English leyen

English lay

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-os?

Proto-Indo-European *-o-

Proto-Indo-European *-so-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-āsijos

Proto-Italic *-āsios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

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Latin -ārius

Old French -ierbor.

Middle English -er

English -er

English layer

English interlayer

From inter- + layer.

Adjective

interlayer (not comparable)

1. Situated between layers.

Noun

interlayer (plural interlayers)

1. A layer of material sandwiched between others, especially a layer of plastic between the layers of laminated glass.

Verb

interlayer (third-person singular simple present interlayers, present participle interlayering, simple past and past participle interlayered)

1. (transitive) To layer among each other; to produce alternating layers of.