Interpose
/ˌɪntərˈpoʊz/noun
To place or insert something between things, or to intervene in a situation.
Did you know?It comes from Latin interponere, a word used for physically placing one thing between others and, by extension, for inserting an argument or intervention into a situation.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*per-
“to put forward, to bring forth”
Latin
Latin
inter
“between, among”
Latin
Latin
ponere
“to place, put”
Late Latin
Late Latin
interponere
“to place between; insert; intercede”
Old French
Old French
interposer
“to place between; intervene”
Middle English
English
interposen
“to place between; intervene”
Modern English
English
interpose
“to place or insert between; to intervene”