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Where does “indeterminate” come from?

indeterminate (Latin) comes from Latin indeterminatus, from Latin dēterminātus, from Latin dēterminō, from Latin terminō, from Latin Terminus, from Proto-Indo-European ter-, from Italian termine, from Latin terminus — boundary, end.

indeterminate (Latin): vocative masculine singular of indēterminātus

Definitions

  1. vocative masculine singular of indēterminātus

Ancestry of “indeterminate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinindeterminatusundefined; unlimited
2Latindēterminātus—
3Latindēterminō—
4Latinterminō—
5LatinTerminus—
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
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