determine

The story

1. Latin · derived fromdetermināre“to bound, limit, prescribe, fix, determine”
2. Old French · derived fromdeterminer
3. Middle English · inherited fromdeterminen
4. English todaydetermine

From Middle English determinen, from Old French determiner, French déterminer, from Latin determināre (“to bound, limit, prescribe, fix, determine”), from de + termināre (“to limit”), from terminus (“bound, limit, end”).