Attentat
German (Berlin)
/ˈatənˌtaːt/
noun
Definitions
- attack; assassination killing, or attempted killing, for ideological reasons
Etymology
Borrowed from French attentat (assault) derived from Latin attentatum.
Origin
Latin
attentatum
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- attentat English
- attentaatti Finnish
- attentatum Latin
- Attentäter German
- Attentäterin German
- Selbstmordattentäter German
- attentat French
- attenter French
- attentat Norwegian Bokmål
- attentat Swedish
- attentat Norwegian Nynorsk