English
terrification
From terror + -ification or alternatively terrific + -ation.
Formed from terror + -ification
Proto-Indo-European *tres- ‘to tremble (with fear)’
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Latin terror ‘fright, fear, terror’
Old French terreur ‘terror, fear, dread’
Middle French terreur
Middle English terrour ‘a terror’
English terror
Today it means
noun An act of terrifying.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / terrification