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Where does “predeterminar” come from?

predeterminar (Spanish) comes from Spanish determinar, from Latin dēterminō, from Latin terminō, from Latin Terminus, from Proto-Indo-European ter-, from Italian termine, from Latin terminus, from Proto-Italic termenos — boundary, end.

predeterminar (Spanish): to predetermine

Definitions

  1. to predetermine

Ancestry of “predeterminar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishdeterminarto determine
2Latindēterminō—
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
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