Where does “antiterorist” come from?
antiterorist (Romanian) comes from Romanian terorist, from French terroriste, from French terreur, from Middle French terreur, from Old French terreur, from Latin terror, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium.
antiterorist (Romanian): antiterrorist
Definitions
- antiterrorist
Ancestry of “antiterorist”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | terorist | terrorist |
| 2 | French | terroriste | terrorist |
| 3 | French | terreur | terror; terrorcore |
| 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 | — |