English
intermination
Intermination comes from Latin interminatio.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEinterminatio
- Englishearliest quotation 1651intermination
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEinterminatio
- Englishearliest quotation 1651intermination
Earliest quotation: 1651, Jeremy Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living. […]: “The terrors of the law were the intermination of…”
Every English word from Latin interminatio
Today it means
noun A menace or threat.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin interminatio / intermination