Where does “term” come from?
Termination comes from Latin terminationem, from Latin terminus meaning "boundary," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ter- or térmn̥.
term (English): That which limits the extent of anything; limit,...
Definitions
- That which limits the extent of anything; limit,...
Ancestry of “term”, step by step
term traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English terminal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | terminal | A building in an airport where passengers... |
| 2 | French | terminal | terminal |
| 3 | Latin | terminalis | boundary; terminal; final, concluding |
| 4 | Latin | Terminus | the deity presiding over boundaries; a personification of the term terminus |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ter- | tender, weak; young creature |
| 6 | Italian | termine | end, close; limit, term, date, time; term, word |
| 7 | Latin | terminus | a boundary, limit, end |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | termenos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | térmn̥ | boundary, end |