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Where does “terrordåd” come from?

terrordåd (Swedish) comes from Swedish terror, from Latin terror, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr.

terrordåd (Swedish): a terror attack

Definitions

  1. a terror attack

Ancestry of “terrordåd”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishterrorterror
2Latinterrora dread, terror, great fear, alarm, panic; an...
3Latinfaciō—
4Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
5Latin-tōrius—
6Latin-tor-er
7Proto-Italic-tōr—
8Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
9Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →