英文词源
- terminal (adj.)
- mid-15c., "relating to or marking boundaries," from Latin terminalis "pertaining to a boundary or end, final," from terminus "end, boundary line" (see terminus). Meaning "fatal" (terminal illness) is first recorded 1891. Sense of "situated at the extreme end" (of something) is from 1805. Slang meaning "extreme" first recorded 1983. Related: Termninally.
- terminal (n.)
- "end point of a railway line," 1888, from terminal (adj.); sense of "device for communicating with a computer" is first recorded 1954. Earlier "final part of a word" (1831).
中文词源
terminal：末端的，终点的，极限的；末期的，晚期的
词根词缀： -termin-限定 + -al形容词词尾
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：terminal 词源，terminal 含义。
termin-,边界，终端，-al,形容词后缀。即终端的，后形容词作名词使用。
词根term"界限，终点"，同根词如terminate（终止），determine（确定，确定即划定明晰的界限），term（术语，术语所指代的事物、描述的对象必须有明确的界限和范围，以保证其科学和严谨）。
termin-,边界，终端，-al,形容词后缀。即终端的，后形容词作名词使用。
