inter nos

adverb

between ourselves

OriginLatin inter nos →
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Meanings

adverbinter nos (not comparable)
  1. not comparablebetween ourselves

    Never could she survive that common loss; / But just suppose that moment should betide, / I only say suppose it—inter nos. / (This should be entre nous, for Julia thought / In French, but then the rhyme would go for naught.)

    1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, section I

Origin

  1. Latininter nos“between us”
  2. Englishinter nos

Borrowed from Latin inter nos (“between us”). Cognate with Italian inter nos, French entre nous and Spanish entre nos.

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