Proto-Indo-European

*ter-

‘boundary’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *ter-.

42 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *ter-, most familiar first.

• term ← terme ← terme ← terminus ← *term(e)nos
• terminal ← terminalis ← terminus ← *term(e)nos ← *termn̥
• determination ← determinacion ← determinacion ← dēterminātiō ← dēterminō
• termination ← terminātiō ← terminō ← terminus ← *term(e)nos
• thrill ← þȳrlian ← þȳrel ← *þurhil ← *þurhilą
• terminate ← terminaten ← terminat ← terminātus ← terminō
• tram ← traam ← trame ← *drum ← *térmn̥
• intrigue ← intricare ← intrīcō ← trīcae
• terminator ← terminō ← terminus ← *term(e)nos ← *termn̥
• terminus ← *term(e)nos ← *termn̥ ← *térmn̥
• extermination ← exterminātiō ← exterminō ← terminō ← terminus
• treachery ← trecherie ← tricherie ← trichier ← *triccāre

More words from *ter-

• determinism
• thro
• interminable
• determinate
• inextricable
• coterminous
• determinist
• drumlin
• predetermine
• termine
• conterminous
• indeterminism
• allotermin
• coterminously
• conterminal
• coterminousness
• coterminosity
• conterminosity
• extermine
• intricable
• intrication
• indeterminist
• nonconterminous
• noncoterminous
• termon
• terminize
• thirl
• thirling
• tharm
• trichery

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ter-