Where does “termina” come from?
termina (Romanian) comes from French terminer, from Old French terminer, from Latin terminō, from Latin Terminus, from Proto-Indo-European ter-, from Italian termine, from Latin terminus, from Proto-Italic termenos — boundary, end.
termina (Romanian): to finish
Ancestry of “termina”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | terminer | to end; to finish; to terminate; to end, to bring... |
| 2 | Old French | terminer | to end; to terminate |
| 3 | Latin | terminō | — |
| 4 | Latin | Terminus | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ter- | tender, weak; young creature |
| 6 | Italian | termine | end, close; limit, term, date, time; term, word |
| 7 | Latin | terminus | a boundary, limit, end |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | termenos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | térmn̥ | boundary, end |
Words derived from “termina”