Where does “Terminus” come from?

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

Terminus (Latin): the deity presiding over boundaries; a personification of the term terminus

Definitions

  1. the deity presiding over boundaries; a personification of the term terminus

Ancestry of “Terminus”, step by step

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

Words derived from “Terminus”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European térmn̥ →