English Etymology Etymology treeProto-Indo-European *h₁énProto-Indo-European *h₁entérProto-Italic *n̥terLatin interLatin inter-bor.English inter-Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰProto-Indo-European *-sProto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰsProto-Italic *eksLatin exProto-Indo-European *h₁em-Proto-Indo-European *-etiProto-Indo-European *h₁émetiProto-Italic *emōLatin emōLatin eximōLatin exemplumbor.Old French essainplebor.Middle English saumpleEnglish sampleEnglish intersampleFrom inter- + sample. Adjective intersample (not comparable) (statistics) Between samples Anagrams planimeters, sempiternal