Where does “terminus” come from?

terminus (Latin) comes from Proto-Indo-European ter-, from Italian termine — end, close; limit, term, date, time; term, word.

terminus (Latin): a boundary, limit, end

Definitions

  1. a boundary, limit, end

Ancestry of “terminus”, step by step

terminus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European ter-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanter-tender, weak; young creature
2Italiantermineend, close; limit, term, date, time; term, word

via Proto-Italic termenos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italictermenos—
2Proto-Indo-Europeantérmn̥boundary, end

Words derived from “terminus”

Every word from Italian termine →