interleague

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én

Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér

Proto-Italic *n̥ter

Latin inter

Latin inter-bor.

English inter-

English league

English interleague

From inter- + league.

Adjective

interleague (not comparable)

1. (sports) Between leagues; often specifically between the two major leagues of American baseball.
   • 2007 March 2, Richard Sandomir, “How Will Selig Sell the Extra Innings Deal to Fans?”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     And he must not try to sell this as an innovation, like interleague play, or a labor coup, like expanding drug testing.