Etymology

terrificness

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Today it means: The quality of being terrific. Full definition →

English terrific ← French terrifique ← Latin terrificus
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The story

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

From terrific + -ness.

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