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Where does “nonintermittent” come from?

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

nonintermittent (English): Not intermittent

Definitions

  1. Not intermittent

Ancestry of “nonintermittent”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishintermittentStopping and starting, occuring, or presenting at...
2Middle Frenchintermittent—
3Latinintermittensinterrupting
4LatinintermittoI interrupt; I stop; I omit
5Latininterbetween, among; during, while
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁entérbetween
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁enin; in, inside
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