Where does “oier and terminer” come from?
oier and terminer (Middle English) comes from Old French terminer, from Latin terminō, from Latin Terminus, from Proto-Indo-European ter-, from Italian termine, from Latin terminus, from Proto-Italic termenos, from Proto-Indo-European térmn̥ — boundary, end.
Ancestry of “oier and terminer”, step by step
oier and terminer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French terminer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | terminer | to end; to terminate |
| 2 | Latin | terminō | to mark off by boundaries, set bounds to; bound, limit |
| 3 | Latin | Terminus | the deity presiding over boundaries; a personification of the term terminus |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ter- | tender, weak; young creature |
| 5 | Italian | termine | end, close; limit, term, date, time; term, word |
| 6 | Latin | terminus | a boundary, limit, end |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | termenos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | térmn̥ | boundary, end |
via Anglo-Norman oyer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anglo-Norman | oyer | Alternative form of oïr; hear |