Where does “entremez” come from?
entremez (Portuguese) comes from Spanish entremés, from Catalan entremès, from Latin intermissus, from Latin intermitto, from Latin inter, from Proto-Indo-European h₁entér, from Proto-Indo-European h₁en — in; in, inside.
entremez (Portuguese): intermezzo, farse
Ancestry of “entremez”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Spanish | entremés | appetizer; humorous and dramatic "interlude";... |
| 2 | Catalan | entremès | amuse-bouche; entremés; intermezzo |
| 3 | Latin | intermissus | interrupted; omitted |
| 4 | Latin | intermitto | I interrupt; I stop; I omit |
| 5 | Latin | inter | between, among; during, while |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁entér | between |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁en | in; in, inside |