interlayer

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én

Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér

Proto-Italic *n̥ter

Latin inter

Latin inter-bor.

English inter-

Old English læġ

English lay

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.