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Where does “agroterrorist” come from?

agroterrorist (English) comes from English terrorist, from English Terror, from Middle English terrour, from Middle French terreur, from Old French terreur, from Latin terror, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium.

agroterrorist (English): a terrorist who employs agroterrorism

Definitions

  1. a terrorist who employs agroterrorism

Ancestry of “agroterrorist”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishterroristA person, group, or organization that uses...
2EnglishTerror—
3Middle Englishterrour—
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 →