Where does “terme” come from?

terme (Old French) comes 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 “terme”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Latin	Terminus	—
2	Proto-Indo-European	ter-	tender, weak; young creature
3	Italian	termine	end, close; limit, term, date, time; term, word
4	Latin	terminus	a boundary, limit, end
5	Proto-Italic	termenos	—
6	Proto-Indo-European	térmn̥	boundary, end

Words derived from “terme”

terms
term
longterm
preterm
midterm
termly
subterm
termer
termeth
termless
termwise
counterterm
multiterm
interterm
nonterm
termest
kinterm
misterm
short-term
short-termism
short-termness
Michaelmas term
longtermly
termgraph

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