Etymograph

English

interpositive

From inter- + positive.

A compound of inter- + positive

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér ‘between’

Proto-Italic *n̥ter ‘between’

Latin inter ‘between’

English inter-

Proto-Indo-European *tḱey- ‘to settle’

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Proto-Italic *pozinō

Latin pōnō ‘to place’

Latin positīvus ‘positive, settled’

Old French positif

English positive

Today it means

noun A specialized type of negative film stock that is part of the intermediate process that goes from an original negative to a release element (most common in the motion picture film post-production process). The material used is itself the same as in an internegative. The differences is that an IP has a positive image on it, while an IN has a negative image.

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Etymograph / interpositive