Etymology

stonerific

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Today it means: Characteristic of stoners, or recreational drug users. Full definition →

English terrific ← French terrifique ← Latin terrificus
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The story

  1. Englishstoner
  2. Proto-Indo-European*tres-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*troséyeti
  4. Proto-Italic*troseō
  5. Latinterreō
  6. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  7. Proto-Italic*θakos
  8. Latinterrificus
  9. Frenchterrifique
  10. Englishterrific
  11. English todaystonerific

Blend of stoner + terrific.

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