English
hiatic
From hiatus + -ic.
Formed from hiatus + -ic
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₂- ‘to gape, be wide open’
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂iéh₂yeti
Proto-Italic *hiāō
Latin hiō ‘stand open, yawn’
Latin hiātus ‘opening’
English hiatus
Today it means
adj Of or relating to a hiatus (break between two vowels).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / hiatic