Where does “midterm” come from?
Midterm comes from English mid- combined with term, which derives from Latin terminationem (termination, boundary), from Latin terminus (end, limit), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ter- (to cross over).
midterm (English): Halfway through a term, or roughly so; A midterm...
Definitions
- Halfway through a term, or roughly so; A midterm...
Ancestry of “midterm”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | term | That which limits the extent of anything; limit,... |
| 2 | English | terminal | A building in an airport where passengers... |
| 3 | French | terminal | terminal |
| 4 | Latin | terminalis | boundary; terminal; final, concluding |
| 5 | Latin | 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 |