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Where does “antiterrorista” come from?

antiterrorista (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese terrorista, from Portuguese terror, from Latin terror, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr.

antiterrorista (Portuguese): antiterrorist

Definitions

  1. antiterrorist

Ancestry of “antiterrorista”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueseterroristaterrorist; terroristic; terrorist
2Portugueseterrorterror; a very troublesome person or thing
3Latinterrora dread, terror, great fear, alarm, panic; an...
4Latinfaciō—
5Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
6Latin-tōrius—
7Latin-tor-er
8Proto-Italic-tōr—
9Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
10Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →