Where does “テロリスト” come from?
テロリスト (Japanese) comes from English terrorist, from English Terror, from Middle English terrour, from Middle French terreur, from Old French terreur, from Latin terror, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium.
テロリスト (Japanese): a terrorist
Ancestry of “テロリスト”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | terrorist | A person, group, or organization that uses... |
| 2 | English | Terror | — |
| 3 | Middle English | terrour | — |
| 4 | Middle French | terreur | terror |
| 5 | Old French | terreur | terror |
| 6 | Latin | terror | a dread, terror, great fear, alarm, panic; an... |
| 7 | Latin | faciō | — |
| 8 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 9 | Latin | -tōrius | — |
| 10 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |