Where does “ter-” come from?
ter- (Proto-Indo-European) comes from Italian termine, from Latin terminus, from Proto-Italic termenos, from Proto-Indo-European térmn̥ — boundary, end.
ter- (Proto-Indo-European): tender, weak; young creature
Definitions
- tender, weak; young creature
Ancestry of “ter-”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | termine | end, close; limit, term, date, time; term, word |
| 2 | Latin | terminus | a boundary, limit, end |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | termenos | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | térmn̥ | boundary, end |
Words derived from “ter-”