cyberterror

English

Etymology

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Ancient Greek κυβερνάω (kubernáō)

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Ancient Greek -τις (-tis)

Ancient Greek -σις (-sis)

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)

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Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Ancient Greek -τος (-tos)

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Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)

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Ancient Greek -τῐκός (-tĭkós)

Ancient Greek κυβερνητικός (kubernētikós)bor.

English cybernetic

English cyber-

Proto-Indo-European *tres-

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti

Proto-Indo-European *troséyeti

Proto-Italic *trozeō

Latin terreō

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *-ōs

Proto-Italic *-ōs

Latin -or

Latin terrorbor.

Old French terreur

Middle French terreurbor.

Middle English terrour

English terror

English cyberterror

From cyber- +‎ terror.

Noun

cyberterror (uncountable)

1. Cyberterrorism
   • 2004 September 6, “Cyberterrorism”, in Forbes‎^[1], Forbes Inc., page 72:

     He has dismissed cyberterror in reports for the nonpartisan Center for Strategic and International Studies.

   • 2006, “Defense Policy”, in Congress and the Nation: Politics and Policy in the 107th and 108th Congress‎^[2], volume 11, Washington, D.C.: CQ Press, →ISBN, page 316:

     The committee added nearly $1.7 billion for extra antiterrorism efforts by the Pentagon and CIA, including money to protect against cyberterror attacks on computers