Where does “paraterminal” come from?
paraterminal (Spanish) comes from Spanish terminal, from Late Latin terminalis, 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.
paraterminal (Spanish): paraterminal
Ancestry of “paraterminal”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Spanish | terminal | final, last; terminal, fatal; terminally ill |
| 2 | Late Latin | terminalis | pertaining to a boundary or to the end, terminal,... |
| 3 | Latin | Terminus | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ter- | tender, weak; young creature |
| 5 | Italian | termine | end, close; limit, term, date, time; term, word |
| 6 | Latin | terminus | a boundary, limit, end |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | termenos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | térmn̥ | boundary, end |