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Where does “exterminar” come from?

exterminar (Portuguese) comes from Latin exterminō, 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.

exterminar (Portuguese): to exterminate

Definitions

  1. to exterminate

Ancestry of “exterminar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinexterminō—
2Latinterminō—
3LatinTerminus—
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
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