Where does “determinen” come from?
determinen (Middle English) comes from Old French determiner, from Latin dēterminare, from Latin terminare, from Latin Terminus, from Proto-Indo-European ter-, from Italian termine, from Latin terminus, from Proto-Italic termenos — boundary, end.
Ancestry of “determinen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | determiner | — |
| 2 | Latin | dēterminare | — |
| 3 | Latin | terminare | present active infinitive of terminō;... |
| 4 | Latin | Terminus | the deity presiding over boundaries; a personification of the term terminus |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ter- | tender, weak; young creature |
| 6 | Italian | termine | end, close; limit, term, date, time; term, word |
| 7 | Latin | terminus | a boundary, limit, end |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | termenos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | térmn̥ | boundary, end |
Words derived from “determinen”
- determine
- determinable
- determiner
- overdetermined
- underdetermined
- undeterminable
- determinability
- overdetermine
- redetermine
- determinization
- underdetermine
- determineth
- postdeterminer
- determinerless
- determinably
- determinableness
- determinest
- indeterminably
- predeterminer
- predeterminable
- determinizable
- determinize
- foredetermine
- misdetermine