Where does “unterminated” come from?

unterminated (English) comes from English terminated, from English terminate, from Latin terminatus, from Latin termino, from Latin terminus, from Proto-Indo-European ter-, from Italian termine — end, close; limit, term, date, time; term, word.

unterminated (English): Not terminated

Definitions

  1. Not terminated

Ancestry of “unterminated”, step by step

unterminated traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English terminated

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishterminatedsimple past tense and past participle of...
2EnglishterminateTo end, especially in an incomplete state; To set...
3Latinterminatusmarked off (by boundaries), bounded, limited
4Latinterminoto mark off by boundaries, set bounds to; bound, limit
5Latinterminusa boundary, limit, end
6Proto-Indo-Europeanter-tender, weak; young creature
7Italiantermineend, close; limit, term, date, time; term, word

via English un

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunOne
Every word from Italian termineEvery word from Latin terminusEvery word from Proto-Indo-European ter-
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