Words that come from Proto-Indo-European ter-

400 words across 30 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European ter- — including terms, term, terrible, determination, terror, tremendous, terrorism, trembling.

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English (268)

Latin (33)

Italian (22)

French (18)

Dutch (6)

Ancient Greek (5)

Catalan (5)

Middle Dutch (4)

Middle French (4)

Proto-Indo-European (4)

Old Dutch (4)

Icelandic (3)

Swedish (2)

Faroese (2)

Polish (2)

Hungarian (2)

Japanese (2)

Danish (2)

Sanskrit (1)

Russian (1)

Slovak (1)

Old Swedish (1)

Ladin (1)

Galician (1)

Old High German (1)

Armenian (1)

Chinese (1)

Old Frisian (1)

Czech (1)

Turkish (1)