intervene
to come between
Roots
- inter-: between or among
- ven / vent: come or arrive
Other words with the ven / vent root
- advent: arrival or beginning
- circumvent: to get around or bypass
- contravene: to violate or go against a rule or principle
- convene: to come together for a meeting
- convention: a meeting or accepted custom
- conventional: following accepted custom or usual practice
- event: something that happens
Inter gives between. To intervene is to step between events or people.
The mediator intervened before the argument escalated.