Where does “Terminator” come from?
Terminator (English) comes from Latin terminator, from Latin terminō, from Latin Terminus, from Ancient Greek -λογία, from Ancient Greek λόγος, from Ancient Greek λέγω, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
Ancestry of “Terminator”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | terminator | second-person singular future passive imperative... |
| 2 | Latin | terminō | — |
| 3 | Latin | Terminus | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -λογία | Base for nouns denoting the study of something,... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |