Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗noun
That which limits the extent of anything; limit, extremity, bound, boundary, terminus. · Any of the binding conditions or promises in a contract or agreement. · Specifically, the conditions in a legal contract that specify the price and also how and when payment must be made. · A limited or defined timespan.
verb
To phrase a certain way; to name or call.
adj
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryBorn or delivered at term.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-? Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *ter-? Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *térmn̥ Proto-Italic *termn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *term(e)nos Latin terminus Old French termebor. Middle English terme English term From Middle English terme, borrowed from Old French terme, from Latin terminus (“a bound, boundary, limit, end; in Medieval Latin, also a time, period, word, covenant, etc.”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *térmn̥ (“stump, end, boundary”). Doublet of terminus and termon. Old English had termen, from the same source.
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This page abbreviates 16 auxiliary source items. The etymology narrative is not shortened. Omission counts are available in the audit fields below; consult the original for complete auxiliary material.
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