termen Latin · revision 5179

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=Accius|origins=ine-pro *térmn̥}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈtɛr.mɛn]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈtɛr.men]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''termen''' ''n'' (genitive terminis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*ter-mn̥|t=boundary stone]], [[inh|ine-pro|*ter-mn̥|t=peg, post]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan thinks the PIE word named a concrete object, a peg, which came to mean a boundary stone, and so doubts a derivation from *terh₂- “to cross over”.^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[osc|teremenniú|t=boundary stones]], [[xum|termnome|t=to the boundary stone]], [[xve|termonios|t=of the boundary]], [[grc|τέρμα|tr=térma|t=goal, end]] and [[hit|tarma-|t=peg, nail]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from inscriptions and Accius,^(de Vaan 2008) and Gaffiot cites Varro and an inscription.^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Accius 170–c. 90 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It was a boundary stone or post, and also the deity who presided over it.^(OLD 2012) It was an older or rarer form beside [[terminus]], which Latin built on the stem *termn-.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary)

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+ In medieval British charters it was a boundary or limit, as land granted with its proper bounds.^(DMLBS) Through ''terminus'' it is the source of [[en|term]], first “a limit in time”, about 1200.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 170–c. 90 BC – Accius uses the word.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it of a boundary stone.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 785 – A British charter grants land with its proper boundaries.^(DMLBS)

+ * c. 1200 – English ''term'' is recorded, from ''terminus''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|boundary]] stone or post; its presiding god.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A boundary, limit.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[terminus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[en|term]]

+ * [[en|terminal]]

+ * [[en|determine]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}