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Where does “agroterrorism” come from?

agroterrorism (English) comes from English terrorism, from French terrorisme, from French terreur, from Middle French terreur, from Old French terreur, from Latin terror, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium.

agroterrorism (English): Any act of terrorism designed to damage the...

Definitions

  1. Any act of terrorism designed to damage the...

Ancestry of “agroterrorism”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishterrorismThe deliberate commission of an act of violence...
2Frenchterrorismeterrorism
3Frenchterreurterror; terrorcore
4Middle Frenchterreurterror
5Old Frenchterreurterror
6Latinterrora dread, terror, great fear, alarm, panic; an...
7Latinfaciō—
8Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
9Latin-tōrius—
10Latin-tor-er
11Proto-Italic-tōr—
12Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
13Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →