terminus a quo

1. 1.

   earliest limiting point

   Synonymsstarting point

   Broaderbeginning

Questions about terminus a quo

What does terminus a quo mean?

terminus a quo means "earliest limiting point".

What is another word for terminus a quo?

Close synonyms include starting point. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is terminus a quo a common word?

terminus a quo is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.