Where does “terrour” come from?
terrour (Middle English) 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.
Ancestry of “terrour”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle French | terreur | terror |
| 2 | Old French | terreur | terror |
| 3 | Latin | terror | a dread, terror, great fear, alarm, panic; an... |
| 4 | Latin | faciō | — |
| 5 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 6 | Latin | -tōrius | — |
| 7 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |