terror
Latin
noun
Definitions
- a dread, terror, great fear, alarm, panic
- an object of fear or dread
Etymology
Affix from Latin terreō (frighten, terrify, alarm, I frighten, I deter by terror, scare).
Origin
Latin
terreō
Gloss
frighten, terrify, alarm, I frighten, I deter by terror, scare
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- agroterror English
- antiterror English
- bioterror English
- counterterror English
- cyberterror English
- ecoterror English
- megaterror English
- narcoterror English
- nonterror English
- terror English
- terror-stricken English
- terrorcore English
- terrorful English
- terrorise English
- terrorism English
- terrorist English
- terroristic English
- terrorize English
- terrorless English
- terrorsome English
- terrorsploitation English
- terrorstricken English
- terrorstruck English
- puhelinterrori Finnish
- terrori Finnish
- terrori-isku Finnish
- terroriteko Finnish
- absterreo Latin
- conterreo Latin
- deterreo Latin
- exterreo Latin
- perterreo Latin
- proterreo Latin
- terreō Latin
- terribilis Latin
- terror, terrorem Latin
- terror Hungarian
- terreur French
- *tre- Proto-Indo-European
- terror Norwegian Bokmål
- terror Polish
- terror Norwegian Nynorsk
- terreur Old French
- terror Galician
- terrorismo Galician
- teroristă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- terreur Middle French
- טרור Hebrew (modern)