Where does “термин” come from?

термин (Serbo-Croatian) comes 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.

термин (Serbo-Croatian): term; a specific date and time for which...

Definitions

  1. term; a specific date and time for which...

Ancestry of “термин”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinTerminusthe deity presiding over boundaries; a personification of the term terminus
2Proto-Indo-Europeanter-tender, weak; young creature
3Italiantermineend, close; limit, term, date, time; term, word
4Latinterminusa boundary, limit, end
5Proto-Italictermenos
6Proto-Indo-Europeantérmn̥boundary, end
Every word from Proto-Indo-European térmn̥Every word from Proto-Italic termenosEvery word from Proto-Indo-European ter-