Etymology

bioterrorism

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Today it means: Terrorism that involves biological weapons or other biological agents. Full definition →

English terrorism ← French terrorisme ← 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. Proto-Indo-European*tres-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*troséyeti
  7. Proto-Italic*troseō
  8. Latinterreō
  9. Latinterror
  10. Old Frenchterreur
  11. Middle Frenchterreur
  12. Frenchterreur
  13. Frenchterrorisme
  14. Englishterrorism
  15. English todaybioterrorism

From bio- + terrorism.

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