Where does “테러리스트” come from?

테러리스트 (Korean) 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.

테러리스트 (Korean): terrorist

Definitions

  1. terrorist

Ancestry of “테러리스트”, step by step

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