Etymology

conterminous

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Latin conterminus ← Proto-Italic *term(e)nos ← Proto-Indo-European *térmn̥
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Latincon-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*terh₂-?
  7. Proto-Indo-European*ter-?
  8. Proto-Indo-European*térmn̥
  9. Proto-Italic*termn̥
  10. Proto-Italic*term(e)nos
  11. Latinterminus
  12. Latinconterminus
  13. English todayconterminous

Borrowed from Latin conterminus.

Words from the same roots

Latinconterminus all →

coterminousconterminal

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