intercalary

adjective

having a day or month inserted to make the calendar year correspond to the solar year: "Feb. 29 is an intercalary day"

Roots

interinter- · Latin · between calarecal- · Latin · proclaim arius-ary · Latin · relating to

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The word intercalary breaks down into 3 roots of Latin origin: inter-, from Latin inter (“between”); cal, from Latin calare (“proclaim”); and -ary, from Latin arius (“relating to”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.