Are we using one word or phrase when another would be more appropriate? The history of inter, a transitive verb is a prefix occurring in loan words from Latin, where it meant “between,” “among,” “in the midst of,” “mutually,” “reciprocally,” “together,” “during” There is a homophone. The history of inter as a verb is also in another category. "to bury in the earth or a grave," c. 1300,...
The wonderful English language- chapter 53 – …inter… + our moral compass
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