Where does “terribleness” come from?
terribleness (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.
terribleness (English): The characteristic of being terrible
Definitions
- The characteristic of being terrible
Ancestry of “terribleness”, step by step
| 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 |