Where does “determiner” come from?

determiner (Old French) comes from Latin dēterminare, from Latin terminare, 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 “determiner”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latindēterminare—
2Latinterminarepresent active infinitive of terminō;...
3LatinTerminusthe deity presiding over boundaries; a personification of the term terminus
4Proto-Indo-Europeanter-tender, weak; young creature
5Italiantermineend, close; limit, term, date, time; term, word
6Latinterminusa boundary, limit, end
7Proto-Italictermenos—
8Proto-Indo-Europeantérmn̥boundary, end

Words derived from “determiner”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European térmn̥ →Every word from Proto-Italic termenos →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ter- →