English
intercalary
Intercalary comes from Latin intercalō ‘to intercalate’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEintercalō‘to intercalate’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEintercalāris
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEintercalārius
- Englishearliest quotation 1953intercalary
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEintercalō‘to intercalate’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEintercalāris
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEintercalārius
- Englishearliest quotation 1953intercalary
Earliest quotation: 1953, Willis W. Wirth, American Biting Midges of the Helid Genus Monohelea: “...two radial cells, second longer than first; intercalary fork…”
A compound of inter ‘among’ + calō ‘call out, proclaim’
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’
Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér ‘between’
Proto-Italic *n̥ter ‘between’
Latin inter ‘among’
Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- ‘to call, shout’
Proto-Italic *kalō ‘to call’
Latin calō ‘call out, proclaim’
Every English word from Latin intercalō
Today it means
adj Describing a time period inserted between others; leap, (as in leap day, leap month, or leap year)
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin intercalō / intercalary