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Where does “nonterminal” come from?

nonterminal (English) comes from English terminal, from French terminal, from Latin terminalis, from Latin Terminus, from Proto-Indo-European ter-, from Italian termine, from Latin terminus, from Proto-Italic termenos — boundary, end.

nonterminal (English): Alternative spelling of non-terminal

Definitions

  1. Alternative spelling of non-terminal

Ancestry of “nonterminal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishterminalA building in an airport where passengers...
2Frenchterminalterminal
3Latinterminalisboundary; terminal; final, concluding
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

Words derived from “nonterminal”

  • nonterminally
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