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Where does “exterminatory” come from?

exterminatory (English) comes from English exterminate, from Latin exterminatus, from Latin exterminō, from Latin terminō, from Latin Terminus, from Proto-Indo-European ter-, from Italian termine, from Latin terminus — boundary, end.

exterminatory (English): relating to or marked by extermination

Definitions

  1. relating to or marked by extermination

Ancestry of “exterminatory”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishexterminateTo kill all of , usually intentionally; To bring...
2Latinexterminatusexpelled, exiled, banished; abolished,...
3Latinexterminō—
4Latinterminō—
5LatinTerminus—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanter-tender, weak; young creature
7Italiantermineend, close; limit, term, date, time; term, word
8Latinterminusa boundary, limit, end
9Proto-Italictermenos—
10Proto-Indo-Europeantérmn̥boundary, end
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