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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Cato|origins=ine-pro *gʷem-}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ɪn.tɛrˈwɛ.ni.oː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [in.terˈvɛː.ni.o]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''interveniō''' (present infinitive intervenīre, perfect active intervēnī, supine interventum); fourth conjugation, impersonal in the passive^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[inter-]] “between” and [[veniō]] “to come”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) De Vaan traces ⟨veniō⟩ to [[ine-pro|*gʷm̥-yé-|t=to come]], from [[ine-pro|*gʷem-|t=to step, come]].^(de Vaan 2008)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citations are from Cato, of an interruption, and Plautus, of taking a hand in affairs.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Cato 234–149 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant to arrive while something is going on, as in Terence, to intervene in affairs, and of events to crop up, as in Plautus.^(OLD 2012) In Cato it meant to occur as a hindrance or interruption, and in Seneca to come into play and to lie between.^(OLD 2012) Lewis & Short give to come between, interrupt, intervene.^(Lewis & Short 1879)
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+ It survives in Italian ''intervenire'' and Spanish ''intervenir'', and English ''intervene'' (1580s) is a back-formation from ''intervention'' or from the Latin verb.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 234–149 BC – Cato uses it of an interruption.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of intervening.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca uses it of lying between.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 1580s – English ''intervene'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To arrive (during something), come on the scene.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To [[m|en|intervene]].^(OLD 2012)
+ # To [[m|en|occur]], crop up.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To interrupt, hinder.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To lie between.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[interventiō]]
+ * [[interventor]]
+ * [[interventus]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[adveniō]]
+ * [[antēveniō]]
+ * [[circumveniō]]
+ * [[contrāveniō]]
+ * [[conveniō]]
+ * [[dēveniō]]
+ * [[ēveniō]]
+ * [[inveniō]]
+ * [[obveniō]]
+ * [[perveniō]]
+ * [[veniō]]
+ * [[en|intervene]]
+ * [[en|intervention]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}