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Where does “determinate” come from?

determinate (Middle English) comes from Latin dēterminātus, from Latin dēterminō, from Latin terminō, from Latin Terminus, from Proto-Indo-European ter-, from Italian termine, from Latin terminus, from Proto-Italic termenos — boundary, end.

Ancestry of “determinate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latindēterminātus—
2Latindēterminō—
3Latinterminō—
4LatinTerminus—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanter-tender, weak; young creature
6Italiantermineend, close; limit, term, date, time; term, word
7Latinterminusa boundary, limit, end
8Proto-Italictermenos—
9Proto-Indo-Europeantérmn̥boundary, end

Words derived from “determinate”

  • determinate
  • determinately
  • determinateness
  • undeterminate
  • nondeterminate
  • undeterminateness
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