Where does “valtionterrorismi” come from?
valtionterrorismi (Finnish) comes from Finnish terrorismi, from French terrorisme, from French terreur, from Middle French terreur, from Old French terreur, from Latin terror, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium.
valtionterrorismi (Finnish): state terrorism
Definitions
- state terrorism
Ancestry of “valtionterrorismi”, step by step
valtionterrorismi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish terrorismi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | terrorismi | terrorism |
| 2 | French | terrorisme | terrorism |
| 3 | French | terreur | terror; terrorcore |
| 4 | Middle French | terreur | terror |
| 5 | Old French | terreur | terror |
| 6 | Latin | terror | a dread, terror, great fear, alarm, panic; an... |
| 7 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 8 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 9 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 10 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
via Finnish valtio
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | valtio | government, state, country |
| 2 | Finnish | valta | power, authority, rule; main, principal; country,... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | valta | might, power, authority; white |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | waldą | might, power, authority |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | waldʰ- | to be strong, be powerful, prevail, possess |