Etymology

bioterror

B3I1O1T1E1R1R1O1R1

Today it means: Synonym of bioterrorism. Full definition →

English terror ← Middle English terrour ← Middle French terreur
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
  2. Ancient Greekβῐ́ος (bĭ́os)
  3. Ancient Greekβῐο- (bĭo-)
  4. Englishbio-
  5. Latinterror
  6. Old Frenchterreur
  7. Middle Frenchterreur
  8. Middle Englishterrour
  9. Englishterror
  10. English todaybioterror

From bio- + terror.

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