Where does “terrorization” come from?
terrorization (English) comes from English terrorize, from English Terror, from Middle English terrour, from Middle French terreur, from Old French terreur, from Latin terror, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium.
terrorization (English): The act of terrorizing
Ancestry of “terrorization”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | terrorize | To fill with terror; to terrify; To coerce by... |
| 2 | English | Terror | — |
| 3 | Middle English | terrour | — |
| 4 | Middle French | terreur | terror |
| 5 | Old French | terreur | terror |
| 6 | Latin | terror | a dread, terror, great fear, alarm, panic; an... |
| 7 | Latin | faciō | — |
| 8 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 9 | Latin | -tōrius | — |
| 10 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |