Where does “kontraterrorism” come from?

kontraterrorism (Swedish) comes from Swedish terrorism, from French terrorisme, from French terreur, from Middle French terreur, from Old French terreur, from Latin terror, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium.

kontraterrorism (Swedish): counter-terrorism

Definitions

  1. counter-terrorism

Ancestry of “kontraterrorism”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishterrorismterrorism
2Frenchterrorismeterrorism
3Frenchterreurterror; terrorcore
4Middle Frenchterreurterror
5Old Frenchterreurterror
6Latinterrora dread, terror, great fear, alarm, panic; an...
7Latinfaciōto do
8Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
9Latin-tōriusory
10Latin-tor-er
11Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
12Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
13Proto-Indo-European-tor-s
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s
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