Etymology

coterminousness

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Today it means: The state or quality of being coterminous. Full definition →

English coterminous ← Latin conterminus ← Proto-Italic *term(e)nos
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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. Englishcoterminous
  14. English todaycoterminousness

From coterminous + -ness.

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