Etymology Explorer › Swedish

Where does “terroristbekämpning” come from?

terroristbekämpning (Swedish) comes from Swedish terrorist, from Swedish terror, from Latin terror, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr.

terroristbekämpning (Swedish): fight against terrorists, War on Terror

Definitions

  1. fight against terrorists, War on Terror

Ancestry of “terroristbekämpning”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishterroristterrorist
2Swedishterrorterror
3Latinterrora dread, terror, great fear, alarm, panic; an...
4Latinfaciō—
5Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
6Latin-tōrius—
7Latin-tor-er
8Proto-Italic-tōr—
9Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
10Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →