Etymology

terrorize

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Today it means: To fill (someone) with terror; to terrify. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*tres-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*troséyeti
  3. Proto-Italic*troseō
  4. Latinterreō
  5. Latinterror
  6. Old Frenchterreur
  7. Middle Frenchterreur
  8. Middle Englishterrour
  9. Englishterror
  10. English todayterrorize

From terror + -ize.

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