terrible

(Inglese)

Frequenza

A2
Pronunciato come (IPA)
/ˈtɛɹəbəl/
Etimologia (Inglese)

In summary

Inherited from Middle English terrible, from Old French terrible, from Latin terribilis (“frightful”), from terreō (“I frighten, terrify, alarm; I deter by terror, scare (away)”). Compare terror, deter. By surface analysis, terror + -ible.

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