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;...
4LatinTerminusthe deity presiding over boundaries; a personification of the term terminus
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

Every word from Proto-Indo-European térmn̥Every word from Proto-Italic termenosEvery word from Proto-Indo-European ter-