英语词汇intermezzo的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	intermezzo
词源	intermezzo n. 1782, from Italian intermezzo "short dramatic performance (usually light and pleasing) between the acts of a play or opera," literally "that which is between," from Latin intermedius (see intermediate (adj.)). Entries linking to intermezzo intermediate adj. "being or occurring between" (two things), early 15c., from Medieval Latin intermediatus "lying between," from Latin intermedius "that which is between," from inter "between" (see inter-) + medius "in the middle" (from PIE root *medhyo- "middle"). updated on December 13, 2015
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intermezzo n.