Etymology

cyberterrorism

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Today it means: The deliberate, large-scale disruption of networks of computers, especially of computers attached to the Internet, by means of viruses etc. Full definition →

English terrorism ← French terrorisme ← 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. Frenchterreur
  13. Frenchterrorisme
  14. Englishterrorism
  15. English todaycyberterrorism

From cyber- + terrorism.

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