Where does “terribad” come from?

terribad (English) comes from English terrible, from Middle English terrible, from Old French terrible, from Latin terribilis, from Latin terreō, from Proto-Indo-European tres-, from Proto-Indo-European ter-, from Italian termine — boundary, end.

terribad (English): Extremely bad

Definitions

  1. Extremely bad

Ancestry of “terribad”, step by step

terribad traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English terrible

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishterribleDreadful; causing terror, alarm and fear;...
2Middle Englishterribleterrible
3Old Frenchterribleterrible
4Latinterribilisfrightful, dreadful, terrible, horrible
5Latinterreōto frighten, terrify, alarm
6Proto-Indo-Europeantres-to tremble
7Proto-Indo-Europeanter-tender, weak; young creature
8Italiantermineend, close; limit, term, date, time; term, word
9Latinterminusa boundary, limit, end
10Proto-Italictermenos
11Proto-Indo-Europeantérmn̥boundary, end

via English bad

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbadUnfavorable; negative; not good; Not suitable or...
2Middle Englishbad
3Old Englishbædfirst/third-person singular preterite of biddan
4Old Englishbiddanto ask; to beg
5Proto-West Germanicbiddjanto ask, to make a request
6Proto-Germanicbidjanąto make a request; to ask; to request, ask
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰidʰ-to command; pot, bucket, barrel
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeydʰ-to compel, force; to trust
Every word from Proto-Indo-European térmn̥