Interim
/ˈɪn.tər.ɪm/noun
A temporary period between two events or states.
Did you know?The word entered English through legal and administrative Latin, but its root is the same one behind some of the oldest time-and-space words in Europe: the idea of being caught in the middle.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*en
“in, within”
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*tero-
“across, on the other side, between”
Latin
Latin
inter
“between, among”
Late Latin
Latin
interim
“in the meantime, meanwhile”
Middle English
English
interim
“a temporary interval or pause”
Modern English
English
interim
“a temporary period between two things”