Determined
/dɪˈtɜːr.mɪnd/noun
Having made a firm decision and being resolved to do something.
Did you know?Its ancestor comes from Latin terminus, the same root behind “terminate,” “terminal,” and even the Roman god Terminus, guardian of sacred boundaries.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*ter-
“to rub, turn, or pass beyond a boundary”
Latin
Latin
terminus
“boundary, limit, end”
Latin
Latin
determinare
“to set bounds to, limit, define”
Old French
Old French
determiner
“to decide, settle, fix”
Middle English
English
determinen
“to decide, settle, resolve”
Modern English
English
determined
“firmly decided; resolved”