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Where does “postdeterminer” come from?

postdeterminer (English) comes from English determiner, from English determine, from Middle English determinen, from Old French determiner, from Latin dēterminare, from Latin terminare, from Latin Terminus, from Proto-Indo-European ter- — boundary, end.

postdeterminer (English): A term that follows a determiner in a noun...

Definitions

  1. A term that follows a determiner in a noun...

Ancestry of “postdeterminer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdeterminerA member of a class of words functioning in a...
2EnglishdetermineTo set the boundaries or limits of; To ascertain...
3Middle Englishdeterminen—
4Old Frenchdeterminer—
5Latindēterminare—
6Latinterminarepresent active infinitive of terminō;...
7LatinTerminus—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanter-tender, weak; young creature
9Italiantermineend, close; limit, term, date, time; term, word
10Latinterminusa boundary, limit, end
11Proto-Italictermenos—
12Proto-Indo-Europeantérmn̥boundary, end
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