intermit
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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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Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
...with the senses: 1.. between, in between, in the midst, as in INTERCALARY , INTERPOSE , INTERVENE ; 2.. at intervals, as in INTERMIT ; 3.. with preventive or destructive effect, as in INTERCEPT . The earliest adoptions of such words in Eng. came through F...
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