Where does “Containerterminal” come from?

Containerterminal (German) comes from German terminal, 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.

Containerterminal (German): container terminal

Definitions

  1. container terminal

Ancestry of “Containerterminal”, step by step

Containerterminal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German terminal

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanterminalterminal
2EnglishterminalA building in an airport where passengers...
3Frenchterminalterminal
4Latinterminalisboundary; terminal; final, concluding
5LatinTerminusthe deity presiding over boundaries; a personification of the term terminus
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

via German Container

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanContainera big container made of metal
Every word from Proto-Indo-European térmn̥Every word from Proto-Italic termenosEvery word from Proto-Indo-European ter-