Etymology

interlude

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Today it means: An intervening episode, etc. Full definition →

Latin lūdō ← Proto-Italic *n̥ter ← Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥tér
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁n̥tér
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥ter
  4. Latininter
  5. Latininter-
  6. Latinlūdō
  7. English todayinterlude

From Latin inter- (“between”) + lūdō (“to play”).

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