Etymology

intertitle

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Today it means: A piece of static text inserted into the film to provide context or other information. Full definition →

English title ← Middle English title ← Old English titul
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁n̥tér
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥ter
  4. Latininter
  5. Latininter-
  6. Englishinter-
  7. Latintitulus
  8. Old Englishtitul
  9. Middle Englishtitle
  10. Englishtitle
  11. English todayintertitle

From inter- + title.

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