English
terminotics
Blend of terminology + informatics, or else coined from terminology + -ics (possibly influenced by informatics).
A blend of terminology + informatics
French terminologie
English terminology
Latin fōrma
…
Latin īnfōrmō ‘to form, mould, fashion, give shape to’
Late Latin īnfōrmātiō
Middle English enformacioun ‘Informing’
English information
English informatics
The story
Blend of terminology + informatics, or else coined from terminology + -ics (possibly influenced by informatics).
Today it means
noun computer assisted terminography
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “terminotics”. 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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