Where does “terrorful” come from?
terrorful (English) comes from English Terror, from Middle English terrour, from Middle French terreur, from Old French terreur, from Latin terror, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius.
terrorful (English): Full of terror
Ancestry of “terrorful”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | Terror | — |
| 2 | Middle English | terrour | — |
| 3 | Middle French | terreur | terror |
| 4 | Old French | terreur | terror |
| 5 | Latin | terror | a dread, terror, great fear, alarm, panic; an... |
| 6 | Latin | faciō | — |
| 7 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 8 | Latin | -tōrius | — |
| 9 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |