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Where does “termly” come from?

termly (English) comes from English term, from English terminal, from French terminal, from Latin terminalis, from Latin Terminus, from Proto-Indo-European ter-, from Italian termine, from Latin terminus — boundary, end.

termly (English): Occurring every term; term by term; every term

Definitions

  1. Occurring every term; term by term; every term

Ancestry of “termly”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtermThat which limits the extent of anything; limit,...
2EnglishterminalA building in an airport where passengers...
3Frenchterminalterminal
4Latinterminalisboundary; terminal; final, concluding
5LatinTerminus—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanter-tender, weak; young creature
7Italiantermineend, close; limit, term, date, time; term, word
8Latinterminusa boundary, limit, end
9Proto-Italictermenos—
10Proto-Indo-Europeantérmn̥boundary, end
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