Etymology

proterrorist

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Today it means: In favor of terrorism. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pér
  3. Proto-Indo-European*pró
  4. Proto-Italic*prō
  5. Latinprō
  6. Englishpro-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*tres-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*troséyeti
  9. Proto-Italic*troseō
  10. Latinterreō
  11. Latinterror
  12. Old Frenchterreur
  13. Middle Frenchterreur
  14. Middle Englishterrour
  15. Englishterror
  16. Englishterrorist
  17. English todayproterrorist

From pro- + terrorist.

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