Etymology

termineme

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Today it means: The smallest unbreakable element of the study of terminology. Full definition →

Medieval Latin terminus
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  1. Medieval Latin · derived fromterminus“a term”
  2. English todaytermineme

Analogous to phoneme, morpheme, lexeme, from Medieval Latin terminus (“a term”) -eme.

Words from the same roots

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