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Where does “intermitentemente” come from?

intermitentemente (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese intermitente, from Latin intermittens, from Latin intermitto, from Latin inter, from Proto-Indo-European h₁entér, from Proto-Indo-European h₁en — in; in, inside.

intermitentemente (Portuguese): intermittently

Definitions

  1. intermittently

Ancestry of “intermitentemente”, step by step

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