Where does “terrifier” come from?
terrifier (English) comes from English terrify, from Middle French terrifier, from Latin terrificare, from Latin terror, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor.
terrifier (English): One who, or that which, terrifies
Definitions
- One who, or that which, terrifies
Ancestry of “terrifier”, step by step
terrifier traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English terrify
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | terrify | To frighten greatly; to fill with terror; To... |
| 2 | Middle French | terrifier | — |
| 3 | Latin | terrificare | — |
| 4 | Latin | terror | a dread, terror, great fear, alarm, panic; an... |
| 5 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 6 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 7 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 8 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
via English ER
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ER | The statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of... |
| 2 | Turkish | er | early; brave; man, male |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | ایر | saddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal |
| 4 | Old Anatolian Turkish | ایر | early, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event |
| 5 | Proto-Turkic | ēder | saddle |