Where does “nonterrorist” come from?
nonterrorist (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.
nonterrorist (English): One who is not a terrorist
Definitions
- One who is not a terrorist
Ancestry of “nonterrorist”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | terrorist | A person, group, or organization that uses... |
| 2 | English | Terror | — |
| 3 | Middle English | terrour | — |
| 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 | — |