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1. www.etymonline.com › word › terribleterrible | Etymology of terrible by etymonline

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   19 wrz 2024 · early 15c., "something that intimidates, an object of fear," from Old French terreur (14c.), from Latin terrorem (nominative terror) "great fear, dread, alarm, panic; object of fear, cause of alarm; terrible news," from terrere "fill with fear, frighten," from PIE root *tres- "to.

2. english.stackexchange.com › questions › 22837etymology - Origins of the word "terrible" - English Language &...

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   Both terrible and terrific go back, through French and Latin to Proto Indo European roots meaning to shiver. The origin is self explanatory: extreme fear being well known to provoke shivering. To these two you can therefore add tremor and tremble. In English "terrible" and "terrific" are antonyms.

3. www.oed.com › dictionary › terrible_adjterrible, adj., adv., & n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford...

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   The earliest known use of the word terrible is in the Middle English period (1150—1500). OED's earliest evidence for terrible is from around 1400, in Aelred of Rievaulx's De Institutione Inclusarum.

4. www.amazon.com › Word-Origins-How-Know-Them › dpWord Origins And How We Know Them: Etymology for Everyone

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   13 kwi 2009 · Written in a funny, charming, and conversational style, Word Origins is the first book to offer a thorough investigation of the history and the science of etymology, making this little-known field accessible to everyone interested in the history of words.

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   9 wrz 2010 · OUP Oxford, Sep 9, 2010 - History - 512 pages. Combining both accessibility and authority, the Oxford Dictionary of Word Origins describes the origins and development of over 3,000 words and...

6. en.wiktionary.org › wiki › terribleterrible - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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   27 wrz 2024 · Dreadful; causing terror, alarm and fear; awesome. The witch laid a terrible curse on him. 1950, C. S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe: People who have not been in Narnia sometimes think that a thing cannot be good and terrible at the same time.

7. www.amazon.co.uk › Etymologicon-Circular-through-Connections-Language › dpThe Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll through the Hidden...

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   The Etymologicon is an occasionally ribald, frequently witty and unerringly erudite guided tour of the secret labyrinth that lurks beneath the English language. What is the actual connection between disgruntled and gruntled? What links church organs to organised crime, California to the Caliphate, or brackets to codpieces?