Etymology

agroterrorism

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Today it means: Any act of terrorism designed to damage the agriculture of a state, especially by destroying crops or introducing pests or diseases. Full definition →

English terrorism ← French terrorisme ← Latin ager
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eǵ-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éǵros
  3. Proto-Italic*agros
  4. Latinager
  5. Englishagro-
  6. Frenchterrorisme
  7. Englishterrorism
  8. English todayagroterrorism

From agro- + terrorism.

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