Where does “horizontaal” come from?

horizontaal (Dutch) comes from Middle French horizontal, from Latin horizōn, from Ancient Greek ὁρίζων, from Ancient Greek ὅρος, from Proto-Hellenic wórwos, from Proto-Indo-European werw-.

horizontaal (Dutch): horizontal (parallel to the plane of the horizon)

Definitions

  1. horizontal (parallel to the plane of the horizon)

Ancestry of “horizontaal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchhorizontal—
2Latinhorizōnhorizon
3Ancient Greekὁρίζωνhorizon
4Ancient Greekὅροςboundary, limit, frontier, landmark; marking...
5Proto-Hellenicwórwos—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwerw-—

Words derived from “horizontaal”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European werw- →Every word from Proto-Hellenic wórwos →Every word from Ancient Greek ὅρος →