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
- an act of terror or terrorism, a terrorist act
Ancestry of “terrorhandling”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | terror | terror |
| 2 | English | Terror | — |
| 3 | Middle English | terrour | — |
| 4 | Middle French | terreur | terror |
| 5 | Old French | terreur | terror |
| 6 | Latin | terror | a dread, terror, great fear, alarm, panic; an... |
| 7 | Latin | faciō | — |
| 8 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 9 | Latin | -tōrius | — |
| 10 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |