intertidal

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

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 *deh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-y(eti)

Proto-Indo-European *-y(éti)

Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y-

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *déh₂itis

Proto-Indo-European *dih₂tís

Proto-Germanic *tīdiz

Proto-West Germanic *tīdi

Old English tīd

Middle English tide

English tide

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālislbor.

Old French -albor.

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Latin -ālis

Old French -elbor.

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Latin -ālisbor.

Middle English -al

English -al

English tidal

English intertidal

From inter- + tidal.

Adjective

intertidal (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to the part of a shore between the high water and the low water.

Derived terms

• intertidal wetland
• intertidal zone
• intertidally

Translations

pertaining to shore between high and low tide mark

• Catalan: intermareal
• Finnish: vuorovesi- (fi)
• French: intercotidal (fr), intertidal (fr)
• Spanish: intermareal

Noun

intertidal (plural intertidals)

1. An intertidal zone or an organism that inhabits such a zone

See also

• littoral