Etymology Explorer › Italian

Where does “sterminare” come from?

sterminare (Italian) comes from Latin exterminō, from Latin terminō, from Latin Terminus, from Proto-Indo-European ter-, from Italian termine, from Latin terminus, from Proto-Italic termenos, from Proto-Indo-European térmn̥ — boundary, end.

sterminare (Italian): to exterminate, to wipe out, to kill off

Definitions

  1. to exterminate, to wipe out, to kill off

Ancestry of “sterminare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinexterminō—
2Latinterminō—
3LatinTerminus—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanter-tender, weak; young creature
5Italiantermineend, close; limit, term, date, time; term, word
6Latinterminusa boundary, limit, end
7Proto-Italictermenos—
8Proto-Indo-Europeantérmn̥boundary, end

Words derived from “sterminare”

  • sterminazione
  • sterminamento
  • sterminabile
Every word from Proto-Indo-European térmn̥ →