terrorizer

English

Alternative forms

• (UK) terroriser

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *tres-

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti

Proto-Indo-European *troséyeti

Proto-Italic *troseō

Latin terreō

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *-ōs

Proto-Italic *-ōs

Latin -or

Latin terrorlbor.

Old French terreur

Middle French terreurbor.

Middle English terrour

English terror

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.

Late Latin -izōder.

Middle French -iserbor.

Middle English -isen

English -ize

English terrorize

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-os?

Proto-Indo-European *-o-

Proto-Indo-European *-so-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-āsijos

Proto-Italic *-āsios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

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Latin -ārius

Old French -ierbor.

Middle English -er

English -er

English terrorizer

From terrorize + -er.

Noun

terrorizer (plural terrorizers)

1. Someone who terrorizes, who induces terror, a terror.

Related terms

• terrorist