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
Ancestry of “테러리스트”, 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 | — |