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terminus
Latin · ancient
"a boundary, a limit"
a boundary, an endpoint, the root of a defined term
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terminologie
German · 1700s
"the system of terms used in a field"
combined with Greek logos (study) in German academic vocabulary
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terminology
English · 1801
"the specific vocabulary used within a particular field"
settled as the English word for the specific vocabulary of a field
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