Etymology Explorer › French

Where does “terreur” come from?

terreur (French) comes from Middle French terreur, from Old French terreur, from Latin terror, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr.

terreur (French): terror; terrorcore

Definitions

  1. terror; terrorcore

Ancestry of “terreur”, step by step

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

Words derived from “terreur”

  • terrorism
  • terrorist
  • bioterrorism
  • antiterrorism
  • counterterrorist
  • antiterrorist
  • terroristic
  • cyberterrorism
  • bioterrorist
  • terr
  • cyberterrorist
  • ecoterrorism
  • agroterrorism
  • ecoterrorist
  • narcoterrorism
  • nonterrorist
  • narcoterrorist
  • agroterrorist
  • nonterrorism
  • terroristically
  • superterrorist
  • nonterroristic
  • terrorist fist jab
  • Islamoterrorism
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →