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Where does “contreterroriste” come from?

contreterroriste (French) comes from French terroriste, from French terreur, from Middle French terreur, from Old French terreur, from Latin terror, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius.

contreterroriste (French): counterterrorist

Definitions

  1. counterterrorist

Ancestry of “contreterroriste”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchterroristeterrorist
2Frenchterreurterror; terrorcore
3Middle Frenchterreurterror
4Old Frenchterreurterror
5Latinterrora dread, terror, great fear, alarm, panic; an...
6Latinfaciō—
7Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
8Latin-tōrius—
9Latin-tor-er
10Proto-Italic-tōr—
11Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
12Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →