Where does “counter-terrorism” come from?
counter-terrorism (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.
counter-terrorism (English): Measures intended to combat or reduce terrorist...
Definitions
- Measures intended to combat or reduce terrorist...
Ancestry of “counter-terrorism”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | terrorism | The deliberate commission of an act of violence... |
| 2 | French | terrorisme | terrorism |
| 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 | — |