Latin

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Etymology

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From dum +‎ interim, both already meaning while.

Adverb

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dum interim (not comparable) (Late Latin)

  1. during, while
    Synonyms: dum, interim, interea
    • [c. 400 CE, Donatus, Interpretationes Vergilianae, section 11,20:
      Interea, inquit, hoc est dum interim []
      'Interea', he says, which means 'dum interim'[1] []]

Notes

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In several descendants, the first syllable was reinterpreted as dē- and often deleted (having been taken as optional). It may be that there existed an early *minterim, inherited as such into multiple descendant branches, but the earliest attested Romance forms appear to be those that begin with do- or de-, with the syncopated forms surfacing only later.

Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Heberlein, Fritz. 2011. Temporal Clauses. In Baldi, Philip & Cuzzolin, Pierluigi (eds.), New perspectives on historical Latin syntax, vol. IV: Complex sentences, grammaticalization, typology. Berlin: De Gruyter. Page 291.