intercalate

English

/ɪnˈtɜː.kəl.eɪt/, /ɪnˈtɝ.kəˌleɪt/

verb
Definitions
  • To insert an extra leap day into a calendar in order to maintain synchrony with natural phenomena.
  • To insert an extra month into a calendar for the same purpose. The Hebrew calendar has such a month.
  • (molecular biology) To insert a substance between two or more molecules, bases, cells, or tissues.
  • To insert anything somewhere (especially between other things), such as an affix into a word. Compare m

Etymology

Derived from Latin intercalātus (la, intercal), calo (I call, summon, I proclaim) root from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- (shout, call, cry, summon, lift, make noise, make a noise).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*kelh₁-

Gloss

shout, call, cry, summon, lift, make noise, make a noise

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