Etymology Explorer › English

Where does “nonterminological” come from?

nonterminological (English) comes from English terminological, from English terminology, from French terminologie, from French terme, from English term, from English terminal, from French terminal, from Latin terminalis — boundary, end.

nonterminological (English): Not terminological

Definitions

  1. Not terminological

Ancestry of “nonterminological”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishterminologicalOf, or relating to terminology
2EnglishterminologyThe doctrine of terms; a theory of terms or...
3Frenchterminologieterminology
4Frenchtermeonly plural: terms; conclusion, end; term
5EnglishtermThat which limits the extent of anything; limit,...
6EnglishterminalA building in an airport where passengers...
7Frenchterminalterminal
8Latinterminalisboundary; terminal; final, concluding
9LatinTerminus—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanter-tender, weak; young creature
11Italiantermineend, close; limit, term, date, time; term, word
12Latinterminusa boundary, limit, end
13Proto-Italictermenos—
14Proto-Indo-Europeantérmn̥boundary, end
Every word from Proto-Indo-European térmn̥ →