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Where does “Teri” come from?

Teri is a diminutive form of the English name Teresa, which derives from English Terry, itself a short form of Teresa.

Ancestry of “Teri”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishTerry—
2EnglishterroristA person, group, or organization that uses...
3EnglishTerror—
4Middle Englishterrour—
5Middle Frenchterreurterror
6Old Frenchterreurterror
7Latinterrora dread, terror, great fear, alarm, panic; an...
8Latinfaciō—
9Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
10Latin-tōrius—
11Latin-tor-er
12Proto-Italic-tōr—
13Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
14Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
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