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Where does “terrorhandling” come from?

terrorhandling (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.

terrorhandling (Norwegian Nynorsk): an act of terror or terrorism, a terrorist act

Definitions

  1. an act of terror or terrorism, a terrorist act

Ancestry of “terrorhandling”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskterrorterror
2EnglishTerror—
3Middle Englishterrour—
4Middle Frenchterreurterror
5Old Frenchterreurterror
6Latinterrora dread, terror, great fear, alarm, panic; an...
7Latinfaciō—
8Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
9Latin-tōrius—
10Latin-tor-er
11Proto-Italic-tōr—
12Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
13Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
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