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Where does “cyber-terrorism” come from?

cyber-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.

cyber-terrorism (English): Alternative spelling of cyberterrorism

Definitions

  1. Alternative spelling of cyberterrorism

Ancestry of “cyber-terrorism”, 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 →