## Meanings
1. a period of time between two events.
2. a short break between the parts of a play, film, or concert.
3. the difference in pitch between two musical notes.

## Examples
- There was a long interval between the two phone calls.
- We bought ice cream during the interval.
- The interval between the two notes is an octave.

## Derived Forms
- even-interval
- hyperinterval
- intervaled
- intervalize
- intervallic
- intervally
- intervalometer
- midinterval

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: interval
- Root: intervalle
- Root: intervallum
- Affix: inter- - between

## Etymology
From Middle English interval, intervalle, from Old French intervalle, entreval, from Latin intervallum (“space between, interval, distance, interval of time, pause, difference; literally, space between two palisades or walls”), from inter (“between”) + vallum (“palisade, wall”).

## AI Etymology
Interval comes from Middle English interval, intervalle, from Old French intervalle, entreval, from Latin intervallum (“space between, interval, distance, interval of time, pause, difference; literally, space between two palisades or walls”), from inter (“between”) + vallum (“palisade, wall”). The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern nominal form is built from the named base and affix.

## Topics
- Time
- Entertainment & Leisure

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