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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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchdeterminer—
2Latindēterminare—
3Latinterminarepresent active infinitive of terminō;...
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 “determinen”

  • determine
  • determinable
  • determiner
  • predetermine
  • undeterminable
  • determinability
  • overdetermine
  • redetermine
  • determinization
  • underdetermine
  • determineth
  • postdeterminer
  • determinerless
  • determinableness
  • determinably
  • determinest
  • indeterminably
  • predeterminer
  • determinizable
  • predeterminable
  • determinize
  • misdetermine
  • self-determine
  • determinablism
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