Where does “intermitent” come from?

intermitent (Catalan) comes from French intermittent, from Latin intermittens, from Latin intermitto, from Latin inter, from Proto-Indo-European h₁entér, from Proto-Indo-European h₁en — in; in, inside.

intermitent (Catalan): intermittent

Definitions

  1. intermittent

Ancestry of “intermitent”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchintermittentIntermittent
2Latinintermittensinterrupting
3LatinintermittoI interrupt; I stop; I omit
4Latininterbetween, among; during, while
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁entérbetween
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁enin; in, inside

Words derived from “intermitent

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁enEvery word from Proto-Indo-European h₁entérEvery word from Latin inter