Where does “dum interim” come from?
dum interim (Latin) comes from Latin interim, from Latin inter, from Proto-Indo-European h₁entér, from Proto-Indo-European h₁en — in; in, inside.
dum interim (Latin): during, while
Ancestry of “dum interim”, step by step
dum interim traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin interim
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | interim | meanwhile, in the meantime |
| 2 | Latin | inter | between, among; during, while |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁entér | between |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁en | in; in, inside |
via Latin dum
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | dum | while, whilst, as, meanwhile; until, long enough... |
| 2 | Proto-Italic | dom | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | de | Emphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;... |
Words derived from “dum interim”