Where does “terrorregime” come from?
terrorregime (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.
terrorregime (Norwegian Bokmål): a terror regime
Definitions
- a terror regime
Ancestry of “terrorregime”, step by step
terrorregime 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 regime
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | regime | regime form of government |
| 2 | French | régime | regime; kind of political system; regimen;... |
| 3 | Latin | regimen | control, steering; directing; rule; governance |
| 4 | Latin | regō | to rule, govern, direct |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | regō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃réǵeti | to be straightening, to be setting upright |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃reǵ- | to straighten, to right oneself; right; just |