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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

Definitions

  1. to finish

Ancestry of “termina”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchterminerto end; to finish; to terminate; to end, to bring...
2Old Frenchterminerto end; to terminate
3Latinterminō—
4LatinTerminus—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanter-tender, weak; young creature
6Italiantermineend, close; limit, term, date, time; term, word
7Latinterminusa boundary, limit, end
8Proto-Italictermenos—
9Proto-Indo-Europeantérmn̥boundary, end

Words derived from “termina”

  • terminare
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