Where does “supraterminal” come from?

supraterminal (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.

supraterminal (English): Positioned above an end

Definitions

  1. Positioned above an end

Ancestry of “supraterminal”, step by step

supraterminal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English terminal

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishterminalA building in an airport where passengers...
2Frenchterminalterminal
3Latinterminalisboundary; terminal; final, concluding
4LatinTerminusthe deity presiding over boundaries; a personification of the term terminus
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

via English supra

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsupraUsed to indicate that the current citation is...
2Georgianსუფრაtablecloth; the table on which supra is conducted
3Persianسفرهtablecloth
4Arabicسُفْرَةvictuals; table, especially for eating
Every word from Proto-Indo-European térmn̥ →Every word from Proto-Italic termenos →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ter- →