## Etymology
From intermittent + -ly; intermittent from Latin intermittens, present participle of intermittere ('to interrupt'), from inter- ('between') + mittere ('to send').

## AI Etymology
Intermittently comes from intermittent + -ly; intermittent from Latin intermittens, present participle of intermittere ('to interrupt'), from inter- ('between') + mittere ('to send'). The etymological trail includes Latin intermittere and Latin mittere. As an adverb, intermittently means at irregular intervals; occasionally and not continuously. The same family is visible in related forms such as intermittent, intermit, and remit. Morphologically, the word is built from the elements named in its history, so the modern form preserves a visible compound, prefix, or suffix structure.

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