terror · noun, adjective1
- Proto-Indo-European*tres-
- Proto-Indo-European*troséyeti
- Proto-Italic*troseō
- Latinterreō
- Latinterror
- Old Frenchterreur
- Middle Frenchterreur
- Middle Englishterrour
- English todayterror
From late Middle English terrour, from Old French terreur f (“terror, fear, dread”), from Latin terror (“fright, fear, terror”), from terrēre (“to frighten, terrify”), from Old Latin tr̥reō, from Proto-Italic *trozeō, from Proto-Indo-European *tre- (“to shake”), *tres- (“to tremble”).
Terror · proper noun2
Proper noun form of terror. Translation of French Terreur, as coined by the Thermidorian Reaction
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.