Where does “termen” come from?

termen (Old English) comes from Latin termen, from Proto-Indo-European ter-, from Italian termine, from Latin terminus, from Proto-Italic termenos, from Proto-Indo-European térmn̥ — boundary, end.

termen (Old English): a term, fixed date, end

Definitions

  1. a term, fixed date, end

Ancestry of “termen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatintermenAlternative form of terminus
2Proto-Indo-Europeanter-tender, weak; young creature
3Italiantermineend, close; limit, term, date, time; term, word
4Latinterminusa boundary, limit, end
5Proto-Italictermenos
6Proto-Indo-Europeantérmn̥boundary, end
Every word from Proto-Indo-European térmn̥
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