Intermediate
/ˌɪn.tərˈmiː.di.ət/noun
Situated between two points, stages, or extremes; not final or ultimate.
Did you know?It enters English through Latin *intermedius*, a precise spatial term meaning “in the middle between,” and has no true occult origin despite sounding mysteriously liminal.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*medhyo-
“middle”
Latin
Latin
intermedius
“between, lying in the middle”
Late Latin
Latin
intermediatus
“placed or situated between”
Middle English
English
intermediate
“intervening; lying between”
Modern English
English
intermediate
“situated between two points, stages, or extremes”