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terminus

Pronunciation: [ˈtɛr.mɪ.nʊs]

“terminus” is a Latin word. Its 5 meanings in English:

noun

  1. a boundary, limit, end
  2. word, term, definition
  3. due date, a time to convene
  4. mode, wise, fashion, manner
  5. term or period of time (as for example of probation)

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *term(e)nos, from Proto-Indo-European *térmn̥ (“boundary”). Cognate with Ancient Greek τέρμα (térma, “a goal”), τέρμων (térmōn, “a border”). Synchronically a thematicized variant of the rare synonym termen, which was directly inherited from the PIE word, and so equivalent to termen + -us. The synonym termō is, like Ancient Greek τέρμων (térmōn), from the collective form *térmō.

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