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
- a terror attack
Ancestry of “terrordåd”, step by step
terrordåd traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish terror
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | terror | terror |
| 2 | Latin | terror | a dread, terror, great fear, alarm, panic; an... |
| 3 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 4 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 5 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 6 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
via Swedish dåd
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | dåd | feat, deed; an impressive, heroic or otherwise... |
| 2 | Old Swedish | dāþ | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | dáð | deed |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | dēdiz | deed, act; doing, able to do, active |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰéh₁tis | act of putting, placement |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |