interdigitate.
To fold or lock together, as when the fingers of one hand are laced between those of the other.
Meaning & usage
To fold or lock together, as when the fingers of one hand are laced between those of the other.
To become folded or locked together, like the fingers of a folded hand.
To intermingle; to present alternately items from one group and then another.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥tér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- English digitate English interdigitate From inter- + digitate.
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