Where does “Termes” come from?

Termes (Translingual) comes from Late Latin termes, from Latin tarmes, from Proto-Indo-European terh₁- — to rub, turn; to drill, pierce.

Termes (Translingual): genus

Definitions

  1. genus

Ancestry of “Termes”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latintermesa branch bough of a tree, one severed thence;...
2Latintarmesa worm that eats wood; a woodworm
3Proto-Indo-Europeanterh₁-to rub, turn; to drill, pierce

Words derived from “Termes”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European terh₁- →Every word from Latin tarmes →Every word from Late Latin termes →
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