'intermittently-divided' originates from the combination of 'intermittent' and 'divide'. 'Intermittent' comes from Latin 'intermittere', where 'inter-' meant 'between' and 'mittere' meant 'to send'. 'Divide' comes from Latin 'dividere', where 'di-' meant 'apart' and 'videre' meant 'to separate'.

'Intermittent' changed from the Latin word 'intermittere' and 'divide' from 'dividere', eventually forming the modern English term 'intermittently-divided'.

Initially, 'intermittent' meant 'to send between', and 'divide' meant 'to separate'. Over time, they combined to describe something separated at irregular intervals.