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Where does “dēterminare” come from?

dēterminare (Latin) comes from Latin terminare, 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.

Ancestry of “dēterminare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinterminarepresent active infinitive of terminō;...
2LatinTerminus—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanter-tender, weak; young creature
4Italiantermineend, close; limit, term, date, time; term, word
5Latinterminusa boundary, limit, end
6Proto-Italictermenos—
7Proto-Indo-Europeantérmn̥boundary, end
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