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Where does “exterminationist” come from?

exterminationist (English) comes from English extermination, from Middle French extermination, from Latin exterminatio, from Latin exterminō, from Latin terminō, from Latin Terminus, from Proto-Indo-European ter-, from Italian termine — boundary, end.

exterminationist (English): A supporter of exterminationism

Definitions

  1. A supporter of exterminationism

Ancestry of “exterminationist”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishexterminationThe act of exterminating; total destruction or...
2Middle Frenchextermination—
3Latinexterminatiodestruction; banishment
4Latinexterminō—
5Latinterminō—
6LatinTerminus—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanter-tender, weak; young creature
8Italiantermineend, close; limit, term, date, time; term, word
9Latinterminusa boundary, limit, end
10Proto-Italictermenos—
11Proto-Indo-Europeantérmn̥boundary, end
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