Where does “terrorhandling” come from?
terrorhandling (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål terror, from English Terror, from Middle English terrour, from Middle French terreur, from Old French terreur, from Latin terror, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium.
terrorhandling (Norwegian Bokmål): an act of terror or terrorism, a terrorist act
Definitions
- an act of terror or terrorism, a terrorist act
Ancestry of “terrorhandling”, step by step
terrorhandling traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål terror
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | terror | terror |
| 2 | English | Terror | The Reign of Terror during the French Revolution |
| 3 | Middle English | terrour | A terror; a fright |
| 4 | Middle French | terreur | terror |
| 5 | Old French | terreur | terror |
| 6 | Latin | terror | a dread, terror, great fear, alarm, panic; an... |
| 7 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 8 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 9 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 10 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
via Norwegian Bokmål handling
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | handling | an act, deed; action; the plot or storyline, in a... |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | handle | to act; to deal, trade, to do business; to shop |
| 3 | German | handeln | to act; to take action; to negotiate; to bargain;... |
| 4 | English | handle | The part of an object which is held in the hand... |
| 5 | Middle English | handel | — |
| 6 | Old English | handle | a handle |
| 7 | Old English | handlian | to handle |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | handulōn | to handle |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | handlōną | to take or hold in the hand, seize, grip |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | handuz | hand |