Where does “octopoolterm” come from?
octopoolterm (Dutch) comes from Dutch term, from French terme, from English term, from English terminal, from French terminal, from Latin terminalis, from Latin Terminus, from Proto-Indo-European ter- — boundary, end.
octopoolterm (Dutch): octopole term
Definitions
- octopole term
Ancestry of “octopoolterm”, step by step
octopoolterm traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch term
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | term | term; A word or phrase, especially one from a... |
| 2 | French | terme | only plural: terms; conclusion, end; term |
| 3 | English | term | That which limits the extent of anything; limit,... |
| 4 | English | terminal | A building in an airport where passengers... |
| 5 | French | terminal | terminal |
| 6 | Latin | terminalis | boundary; terminal; final, concluding |
| 7 | Latin | Terminus | the deity presiding over boundaries; a personification of the term terminus |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ter- | tender, weak; young creature |
| 9 | Italian | termine | end, close; limit, term, date, time; term, word |
| 10 | Latin | terminus | a boundary, limit, end |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | termenos | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | térmn̥ | boundary, end |
via Dutch octopool
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | octopool | octopole |
| 2 | Dutch | Pool | A Pole |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | pool | — |
| 4 | Old French | poil | hair |
| 5 | Latin | pēnsilis | hanging (down), pendant, pensile |
| 6 | Latin | pendēre | — |
| 7 | Latin | pendō | to weigh, weigh out |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | pendō | hang, put in a hanging position |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)péndeti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pend- | to stretch |