Where does “determine” come from?
Determine comes from Old French determiner, meaning to set boundaries or limit.
determine (English): To set the boundaries or limits of; To ascertain...
Definitions
- To set the boundaries or limits of; To ascertain...
Ancestry of “determine”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | determinen | — |
| 2 | Old French | determiner | — |
| 3 | Latin | dēterminare | — |
| 4 | Latin | terminare | present active infinitive of terminō;... |
| 5 | Latin | Terminus | the deity presiding over boundaries; a personification of the term terminus |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ter- | tender, weak; young creature |
| 7 | Italian | termine | end, close; limit, term, date, time; term, word |
| 8 | Latin | terminus | a boundary, limit, end |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | termenos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | térmn̥ | boundary, end |
Words derived from “determine”
- determinable
- determiner
- overdetermined
- underdetermined
- undeterminable
- determinability
- overdetermine
- redetermine
- determinization
- underdetermine
- determineth
- postdeterminer
- determinerless
- determinably
- determinableness
- determinest
- indeterminably
- predeterminer
- predeterminable
- determinizable
- determinize
- foredetermine
- misdetermine
- self-determine