Where does “nonterrorism” come from?
nonterrorism (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.
nonterrorism (English): Not of or pertaining to terrorism
Definitions
- Not of or pertaining to terrorism
Ancestry of “nonterrorism”, step by step
nonterrorism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English terrorism
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | to do |
| 8 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 9 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 10 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |