Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A starting point or origin.
- noun A first point in time.
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- noun The lower limit of dating, as of the earliest plausible date at which a fact could have occurred or a document could have been written.
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- noun earliest limiting point
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Latin terminus ā quō, limit from which.]
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Borrowing from Latin
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