Etymology

pterror

P3T1E1R1R1O1R1

Today it means: Synonym of orange baboon tarantula. Full definition →

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

  1. taxonomic namePterinochilus
  2. Latinterror
  3. Old Frenchterreur
  4. Middle Frenchterreur
  5. Middle Englishterrour
  6. Englishterror
  7. English todaypterror

Blend of taxonomic name Pterinochilus + English terror.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.