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
- Extremely bad
Ancestry of “terribad”, step by step
terribad traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English terrible
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | terrible | Dreadful; causing terror, alarm and fear;... |
| 2 | Middle English | terrible | terrible |
| 3 | Old French | terrible | terrible |
| 4 | Latin | terribilis | frightful, dreadful, terrible, horrible |
| 5 | Latin | terreō | to frighten, terrify, alarm |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | tres- | to tremble |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ter- | tender, weak; young creature |
| 8 | Italian | termine | end, close; limit, term, date, time; term, word |
| 9 | Latin | terminus | a boundary, limit, end |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | termenos | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | térmn̥ | boundary, end |
via English bad
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | bad | Unfavorable; negative; not good; Not suitable or... |
| 2 | Middle English | bad | — |
| 3 | Old English | bæd | first/third-person singular preterite of biddan |
| 4 | Old English | biddan | to ask; to beg |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | biddjan | to ask, to make a request |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | bidjaną | to make a request; to ask; to request, ask |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰidʰ- | to command; pot, bucket, barrel |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeydʰ- | to compel, force; to trust |