Where does “horizon” come from?

Horizon comes from Latin horizon, from Ancient Greek ὁρίζων, derived from the verb ὁρίζω meaning to bound or limit, from ὅρος meaning boundary or limit.

horizon (English): The visible horizontal line or point that...

Definitions

  1. The visible horizontal line or point that...

Ancestry of “horizon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishorisonteThe horizon point where the sky seems to disappear
2Middle Frenchhorizon
3Old Frenchorisonte
4Latinhorizōnhorizon
5Ancient Greekὁρίζωνhorizon
6Ancient Greekὅροςboundary, limit, frontier, landmark; marking...
7Proto-Hellenicwórwos
8Proto-Indo-Europeanwerw-

Words derived from “horizon

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