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Where does “determinans” come from?

determinans (English) comes from Latin dētermināns, from Latin dēterminō, from Latin terminō, from Latin Terminus, from Proto-Indo-European ter-, from Italian termine, from Latin terminus, from Proto-Italic termenos — boundary, end.

determinans (English): A modifier; a word that modifies another word

Definitions

  1. A modifier; a word that modifies another word

Ancestry of “determinans”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latindētermināns—
2Latindēterminō—
3Latinterminō—
4LatinTerminus—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanter-tender, weak; young creature
6Italiantermineend, close; limit, term, date, time; term, word
7Latinterminusa boundary, limit, end
8Proto-Italictermenos—
9Proto-Indo-Europeantérmn̥boundary, end
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