Where does “horor” come from?

horor (Czech) comes from Latin horror, from Latin horrēre, from Proto-Italic horzēō, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰr̥séh₁(ye)ti.

horor (Czech): horror movie

Definitions

  1. horror movie

Ancestry of “horor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinhorrorbristling; shaking, shivering, chill; dread,...
2Latinhorrēre
3Proto-Italichorzēō
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰr̥séh₁(ye)ti
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰr̥séh₁(ye)ti