English
intervenient
Intervenient comes from Latin interveniō ‘to intervene, come between’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *gʷem-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷem-‘to come, to step’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷm̥yéti‘to come’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*gʷəniō‘to come’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEveniō‘come’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinterveniōas intervenīre, present participle stem‘to intervene, come between’
- Englishearliest quotation 1891intervenient
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷem-‘to come, to step’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷm̥yéti‘to come’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*gʷəniō‘to come’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEveniō‘come’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinterveniōas intervenīre, present participle stem‘to intervene, come between’
- Englishearliest quotation 1891intervenient
Earliest quotation: 1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country: “The massive slopes rose on every hand; from deep…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- ‘to come, to step’
come, coming, base, basic, basis, revenue, bass, cum, venue, pug, contravention, quim, 55 more
through Proto-Indo-European *gʷm̥yéti ‘to come’
through Proto-Italic *gʷəniō ‘to come’
convenience, misadventure, 21 more
through Latin veniō ‘come’
event, avenue, convention, adventure, inventory, advent, inventor, souvenir, invent, provenance, convene, revenant, circumvention, contravene, 22 more
through Latin interveniō ‘to intervene, come between’
Today it means
adj Being only in between other more important things; secondary, incidental.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- / intervenient