Etymograph

English

ad interim

Ad interim comes from Latin ad interim ‘in the meantime’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEad interim‘in the meantime’
  2. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEad interim‘in the meantime’
  2. Englishtodaysame form

Today it means

adv In or for the meantime; temporarily.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Latin ad interim / ad interim