Medieval Latin

terminus

‘a term’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Medieval Latin terminus.

30 English words in this record descend from Medieval Latin terminus, most familiar first.

• term ← terme ← terme
• terminal ← terminalis
• determination ← determinacion ← determinacion ← dēterminātiō ← dēterminō
• termination ← terminātiō ← terminō
• terminology ← terminologie ← terminologia
• terminate ← terminaten ← terminat ← terminātus ← terminō
• terminator ← terminō
• terminus
• extermination ← exterminātiō ← exterminō ← terminō
• determinism ← déterminisme ← déterminer ← dēterminō ← terminō
• interminable ← interminābilis ← terminō
• determinate ← dēterminātus ← dēterminō ← terminō

More words from terminus

• coterminous
• determinist
• predetermine
• termine
• conterminous
• indeterminism
• allotermin
• coterminously
• conterminal
• coterminousness
• coterminosity
• conterminosity
• extermine
• indeterminist
• nonconterminous
• noncoterminous
• termon
• terminize
• determine

Etymograph / Medieval Latin terminus