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

  1. 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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishterroristaterrorist; terroristic
2Spanishterrorhorror; terror
3Latinterrora dread, terror, great fear, alarm, panic; an...
4Latinfaciōto do
5Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
6Latin-tōriusory
7Latin-tor-er
8Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
9Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
10Proto-Indo-European-tor-s
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-sEvery word from Latin -toriumEvery word from Latin -tor
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