Where does “indéterminable” come from?
indéterminable (French) comes from French déterminable, from French déterminer, from Latin dēterminō, from Latin terminō, from Latin Terminus, from Proto-Indo-European ter-, from Italian termine, from Latin terminus — boundary, end.
indéterminable (French): indeterminable
Ancestry of “indéterminable”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | déterminable | determinable |
| 2 | French | déterminer | to determine, establish |
| 3 | Latin | dēterminō | — |
| 4 | Latin | terminō | — |
| 5 | Latin | Terminus | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ter- | tender, weak; young creature |
| 7 | Italian | termine | end, close; limit, term, date, time; term, word |
| 8 | Latin | terminus | a boundary, limit, end |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | termenos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | térmn̥ | boundary, end |