Proto-Indo-European

*térmn̥

‘boundary’

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

31 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *térmn̥, 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
• terminate ← terminaten ← terminat ← terminātus ← terminō
• tram ← traam ← trame ← *drum
• terminator ← terminō ← terminus ← *term(e)nos ← *termn̥
• terminus ← *term(e)nos ← *termn̥
• extermination ← exterminātiō ← exterminō ← terminō ← terminus
• determinism ← déterminisme ← déterminer ← dēterminō ← terminō
• interminable ← interminābilis ← terminō ← terminus ← *term(e)nos
• determinate ← dēterminātus ← dēterminō ← terminō ← terminus

More words from *térmn̥

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *térmn̥