The story
- Proto-Indo-European*terh₂-?
- Proto-Indo-European*ter-?
- Proto-Indo-European*térmn̥
- Proto-Italic*termn̥
- Proto-Italic*term(e)nos
- Latinterminus
- Middle Irishtermonn
- Irishtearmann
- English todaytermon
From Irish tearmann, from Middle Irish termonn (“church land affording right of sanctuary”), from Latin terminus (“limit”). Doublet of term and terminus.
Words from the same roots
Latinterminus all →
termterminalterminusEaster termterminalianterminus ad quemterminus ante quem
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.