Where does “terroråtak” come from?
terroråtak (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk 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.
terroråtak (Norwegian Nynorsk): terrorist attack
Definitions
- terrorist attack
Ancestry of “terroråtak”, step by step
terroråtak traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Nynorsk terror
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | 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 | — |