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”

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