Etymology

terminalian

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Today it means: Any large tree and flowering plant of the genus Terminalia. Full definition →

translingual Terminalia ← Latin terminus ← Proto-Indo-European *térmn̥
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  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*térmn̥“boundary”
  2. Latin · derived fromterminus
  3. translingual · derived fromTerminalia
  4. English todayterminalian

From translingual Terminalia + -an, from Latin terminus. From Proto-Indo-European *térmn̥ (“boundary”).

Words from the same roots

Latinterminus all →

termterminalterminusEaster termterminus ad quemterminus ante quemtermon

Proto-Indo-European*térmn̥ all →

termtramEaster term

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