Question

terminus They've been tracking the terminus of the glacier for 20 years, in which time it has retreated 500 yards. terminus*

Accepted Answer

(1) The end of a travel route (such as a rail or bus line), or the station at the end of a route. (2) An extreme point; tip. This word comes straight from Latin. In the Roman empire, a terminus was a boundary stone, and all boundary stones had a minor god associated with them, whose name was Terminus. Terminus was a kind of keeper of the peace, since wherever there was a terminus there could be no arguments about where your property ended and your neighbor's property began. So Terminus even had his own festival, the Terminalia, when images of the god were draped with flower garlands. Today the word shows up in all kinds of places, including in the name of numerous hotels worldwide built near a city's railway terminus

word	terminus
definition	(1) The end of a travel route (such as a rail or bus line), or the station at the end of a route. (2) An extreme point; tip.
eg_sentence	They've been tracking the terminus of the glacier for 20 years, in which time it has retreated 500 yards.
explanation	This word comes straight from Latin. In the Roman empire, a terminus was a boundary stone, and all boundary stones had a minor god associated with them, whose name was Terminus. Terminus was a kind of keeper of the peace, since wherever there was a terminus there could be no arguments about where your property ended and your neighbor's property began. So Terminus even had his own festival, the Terminalia, when images of the god were draped with flower garlands. Today the word shows up in all kinds of places, including in the name of numerous hotels worldwide built near a city's railway terminus
IPA	terminus*

Terminus End Word Boundary God Property Travel Route