Where does “teri” come from?

teri (Indonesian) comes from English Terry, from English terrorist, from English Terror, from Middle English terrour, from Middle French terreur, from Old French terreur, from Latin terror, from Latin faciō.

teri (Indonesian): spined anchovy (Stolephorus tri)

Definitions

  1. spined anchovy (Stolephorus tri)

Ancestry of “teri”, step by step

teri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Terry

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishTerryfrom the medieval Norman given name Thierry, a cognate of the English Derek
2EnglishterroristA person, group, or organization that uses...
3EnglishTerrorThe Reign of Terror during the French Revolution
4Middle EnglishterrourA terror; a fright
5Middle Frenchterreurterror
6Old Frenchterreurterror
7Latinterrora dread, terror, great fear, alarm, panic; an...
8Latinfaciōto do
9Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
10Latin-tōriusory
11Latin-tor-er
12Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
13Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
14Proto-Indo-European-tor-s

via Malay teri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayteria small anchovy, Stolephorus tri
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*təʀi
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s
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