English

in-between

Lying between; neither one thing nor the other; intermediary.

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    From in- + between.

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    • partEnglishin- “in, into, towards, within.”
      • inheritedMiddle Englishin-
        • borrowedLatinin- “in, at, on; into”
        • inheritedOld Englishin- “in, into”
        • derivedLatinin- “in, at, on; into”
    • partEnglishbetween “In the position or interval that separates (two things), or intermediate in quantity or degree. (Se…”
      • inheritedMiddle Englishbetwene
        • inheritedOld Englishbetwēonum “between, among”
      • prefixEnglishbe- “By, near, next to, around, close to.”
        • inheritedMiddle Englishbi-
      • partEnglishtwain “two”
        • inheritedMiddle Englishtweyne
        • inheritedMiddle Englishtwaynen

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