territorial English · revision 14962

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1625|origins=la terra}}

+

+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: UK /ˌter.ɪˈtɔː.ri.əl/, US /ˌter.əˈtɔːr.i.əl/^(Roach et al. 2011)

+

+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|la-lat|territōriālis]], from [[la|territōrium|t=territory]] (see [[territory]]).^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)^(NODE 1998)

+

+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Of or relating to a particular territory or district: 1625 in the OED and Merriam-Webster, the 1620s in Etymonline.^(OED 1989)^(MWU 2024)^(Etymonline)

+

+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Relating to territory or land in general is from 1768, and to landed property from 1773.^(OED 1989) Of a United States territory it is by 1791.^(Etymonline) ''Territorial waters'' is from 1841.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) British territorial regiments date from 1881, and the ''Territorial Army'', the home defence force, from 1907.^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) In zoology, relating to an area an animal defends, it is from 1920, and the ''territorial imperative'' from 1966.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

+

+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1625 – of a territory.^(OED 1989)^(MWU 2024)

+ * 1791 – of a US territory.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1841 – territorial waters.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1907 – Territorial Army.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1920 – territorial animals.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

+

+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Of or relating to a territory or the land under a jurisdiction.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Restricted to or owned by a particular territory: ''territorial waters''.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Local or regional.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Of a territorial army, a reserve for home defence.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Of animals or people, defending an area against others.^(AHD)^(OED 1989)

+

+ ===Noun===

+ # A member of a territorial army.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+

+ ==Word family==

+ * [[territorially]]

+ * [[exterritorial]]

+ * [[interterritorial]]

+ * [[nonterritorial]]

+ * [[preterritorial]]

+ * [[subterritorial]]

+ * [[territorialism]]

+ * [[territorialize]]

+

+ ==Related words==

+ * [[territory]]

+ * [[terrain]]

+ * [[terrestrial]]

+

+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}