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

  1. tender, weak; young creature

Ancestry of “ter-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiantermineend, close; limit, term, date, time; term, word
2Latinterminusa boundary, limit, end
3Proto-Italictermenos—
4Proto-Indo-Europeantérmn̥boundary, end

Words derived from “ter-”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European térmn̥ →Every word from Proto-Italic termenos →Every word from Italian termine →