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Where does “intermittent” come from?

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

intermittent (Latin): third-person plural future active indicative of...

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  1. third-person plural future active indicative of...

Ancestry of “intermittent”, step by step

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