verb transitive, verb intransitiveWord forms: ˌinterˈknitted or ˌinterˈknit, ˌinterˈknitting
to knit together; intertwine
interknit in American English
(ˌintərˈnɪt)
transitive verbWord forms: -knitted or -knit, -knitting
to knit together, one with another; intertwine
Word origin
[1795–1805; inter- + knit]This word is first recorded in the period 1795–1805. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: baseball, kingpin, oxidize, sharpshooter, wreckerinter- is a prefix occurring in loanwords from Latin, where it meant “between,” “among,”“in the midst of,” “mutually,” “reciprocally,” “together,” “during” (intercept; interest). On this model, inter- is used in the formation of compound words (intercom; interdepartmental)