Where does “terruco” come from?
terruco (Spanish) comes from Spanish terrorista, from Spanish terror, from Latin terror, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr.
terruco (Spanish): terrorist, specifically members of the far-left groups Shining Path and the Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA), as well as the Peruvian far right, especially in the context of the internal conflict in Peru
Definitions
- terrorist, specifically members of the far-left groups Shining Path and the Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA), as well as the Peruvian far right, especially in the context of the internal conflict in Peru
Ancestry of “terruco”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | terrorista | terrorist; terroristic |
| 2 | Spanish | terror | horror; terror |
| 3 | Latin | terror | a dread, terror, great fear, alarm, panic; an... |
| 4 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 5 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 6 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 7 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |