Where does “puhelinterrori” come from?
puhelinterrori (Finnish) comes from Finnish terrori, from Latin terror, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr.
puhelinterrori (Finnish): telephone harassment
Definitions
- telephone harassment
Ancestry of “puhelinterrori”, step by step
puhelinterrori traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish terrori
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | terrori | terror |
| 2 | Latin | terror | a dread, terror, great fear, alarm, panic; an... |
| 3 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 4 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 5 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 6 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |