Etymograph

English

terminomics

From terminal + -omics.

Formed from terminal + -omics

Proto-Indo-European *térmn̥ ‘boundary, end’

Proto-Italic *termn̥ ‘boundary stone’

Proto-Italic *term(e)nos ‘boundary stone’

Latin terminus ‘a bound, boundary, limit, end’

Late Latin terminalis ‘pertaining to a boundary or to the end,…’

English terminal

Today it means

noun The study of the biochemical importance of terminal peptides in proteins, especially N-terminal peptides

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “terminomics”. 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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