Etymograph

English

terminant

Terminant comes from Latin terminans ‘terminating’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEterminans1‘terminating’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1588terminant1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English terminant
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1588, George Puttenham: “neither of both are of like terminant , either…”.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEterminansWiktionary, English terminant‘terminating’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1588terminantWiktionary, English terminant. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1588, George Puttenham: “neither of both are of like terminant , either…”

Every English word from Latin terminans

Today it means

adj terminal; terminating

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “terminant”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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