English
pretermination
From pre- + termination.
Formed from pre- + termination
Proto-Indo-European *térmn̥ ‘boundary, end’
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Proto-Italic *term(e)nos ‘boundary stone’
Latin terminus ‘bound, limit’
Latin terminō ‘to finish, end’
Latin terminātiō ‘termination (the last part (or morpheme) of a…’
English termination
Today it means
adj Prior to termination.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / pretermination