Where does “antiterror” come from?
antiterror (English) comes from English Terror, from Middle English terrour, from Middle French terreur, from Old French terreur, from Latin terror, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius.
antiterror (English): Antiterrorism
Definitions
- Antiterrorism
Ancestry of “antiterror”, step by step
antiterror traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Terror
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Terror | The Reign of Terror during the French Revolution |
| 2 | Middle English | terrour | A terror; a fright |
| 3 | Middle French | terreur | terror |
| 4 | Old French | terreur | terror |
| 5 | Latin | terror | a dread, terror, great fear, alarm, panic; an... |
| 6 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 7 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 8 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 9 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
via Portuguese terror
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | terror | terror; a very troublesome person or thing |