interplate

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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 *pleth₂-
Proto-Indo-European *-us
Proto-Indo-European *pléth₂us
Proto-Hellenic *plətús
Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús)bor.
Vulgar Latin *platta
Old French platebor.
Middle English plate
English plate
English interplate

    From inter- + plate.

    Adjective

    interplate (not comparable)

    1. (of seismic activity, geology) between tectonic plates

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