Where does “terroristisch” come from?
terroristisch (Dutch) comes from Dutch terrorist, from French terroriste, from French terreur, from Middle French terreur, from Old French terreur, from Latin terror, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium.
terroristisch (Dutch): terrorist
Ancestry of “terroristisch”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Dutch | terrorist | A terrorist; A supporter of the French Reign of... |
| 2 | French | terroriste | terrorist |
| 3 | French | terreur | terror; terrorcore |
| 4 | Middle French | terreur | terror |
| 5 | Old French | terreur | terror |
| 6 | Latin | terror | a dread, terror, great fear, alarm, panic; an... |
| 7 | Latin | faciō | — |
| 8 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 9 | Latin | -tōrius | — |
| 10 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |