Etymology

cyberterror

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Today it means: Cyberterrorism Full definition →

English terror ← Middle English terrour ← Middle French terreur
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  1. Ancient Greekκυβερνάω (kubernáō)
  2. Ancient Greekκυβερνητικός (kubernētikós)
  3. Englishcyberneticclip.
  4. Englishcyber-
  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. English todaycyberterror

From cyber- + terror.

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