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Where does “террористи́ческий” come from?

террористи́ческий (Russian) comes from Russian террори́ст, from French terroriste, from French terreur, from Middle French terreur, from Old French terreur, from Latin terror, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium.

Ancestry of “террористи́ческий”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianтеррори́ст—
2Frenchterroristeterrorist
3Frenchterreurterror; terrorcore
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—

Words derived from “террористи́ческий”

  • теракт
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