Where does “terrorisme” come from?
terrorisme (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from French terrorisme, from French terreur, from Middle French terreur, from Old French terreur, from Latin terror, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius.
terrorisme (Norwegian Nynorsk): terrorism
Definitions
- terrorism
Ancestry of “terrorisme”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | terrorisme | terrorism |
| 2 | French | terreur | terror; terrorcore |
| 3 | Middle French | terreur | terror |
| 4 | Old French | terreur | terror |
| 5 | Latin | terror | a dread, terror, great fear, alarm, panic; an... |
| 6 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 7 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 8 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 9 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |