Where does “terminotics” come from?
terminotics (English) comes from English informatics, from English -ics, from English -ic, from English image, from French image, from Portuguese imagem, from Spanish imagen, from Italian immagine — in.
terminotics (English): computer assisted terminography
Definitions
- computer assisted terminography
Ancestry of “terminotics”, step by step
terminotics traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English informatics
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | informatics | A branch of information science and of computer... |
| 2 | English | -ics | Forms nouns referring to fields of knowledge or... |
| 3 | English | -ic | Used to form adjectives from nouns with the... |
| 4 | English | image | An optical or other representation of a real... |
| 5 | French | image | picture, image; frame; first-person singular... |
| 6 | Portuguese | imagem | image; picture; figure; image; image; face |
| 7 | Spanish | imagen | image |
| 8 | Italian | immagine | image; imago |
| 9 | Latin | imāginem | — |
| 10 | Latin | im- | Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in |
| 11 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 12 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 13 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 14 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via English terminology
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | terminology | The doctrine of terms; a theory of terms or... |
| 2 | French | terminologie | terminology |
| 3 | French | terme | only plural: terms; conclusion, end; term |
| 4 | English | term | That which limits the extent of anything; limit,... |
| 5 | English | terminal | A building in an airport where passengers... |
| 6 | French | terminal | terminal |
| 7 | Latin | terminalis | boundary; terminal; final, concluding |
| 8 | Latin | Terminus | the deity presiding over boundaries; a personification of the term terminus |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ter- | tender, weak; young creature |
| 10 | Italian | termine | end, close; limit, term, date, time; term, word |
| 11 | Latin | terminus | a boundary, limit, end |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | termenos | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | térmn̥ | boundary, end |