intermit

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | 160 words | Copyright

intermit leave off, discontinue. XVI. — L. intermittere, f. INTER- + mittere let go.
So intermission XVI, intermittent XVII (see -ENT). — F. or L.

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