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terreo.

to frighten, terrify, alarm

6 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

verb[ˈtɛr.re.oː]Classical-Latin[ˈtɛr.re.o]
  1. to frighten, terrify, alarm

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  2. to deter by terror, scare (away)

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Where this word comes from

From *tr̥reō, from Proto-Italic *trozeō, from Proto-Indo-European *troséyeti, causative from *tres- (“to tremble”), extended form of Proto-Indo-European *ter-. Cognate with Avestan 𐬙𐬭𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬯𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (trər^əsaⁱti), Ancient Greek τρέω (tréō), Old Irish tarrach, Lithuanian trišu, Latvian trisēt, Old Church Slavonic трѧсти (tręsti), Sanskrit त्रसति (trasati). See also tremō, trepidus.

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