Etymology

bioterrorist

bio·ter·ror·ist
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Today it means: One who engages in bioterrorism; a terrorist employing biological weapons. Full definition →

English terrorist ← 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. Proto-Indo-European*tres-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*troséyeti
  7. Proto-Italic*troseō
  8. Latinterreō
  9. Latinterror
  10. Old Frenchterreur
  11. Middle Frenchterreur
  12. Middle Englishterrour
  13. Englishterror
  14. Englishterrorist
  15. English todaybioterrorist

From bio- + terrorist.

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