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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 Englishorisonte—
2Middle Frenchhorizon—
3Old Frenchorisonte—
4Latinhorizōn—
5Ancient Greekὁρίζωνhorizon
6Ancient Greekὅροςboundary, limit, frontier, landmark; marking...
7Proto-Hellenicwórwos—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanwerw-—

Words derived from “horizon”

  • horizonal
  • horizonless
  • superhorizon
  • subhorizon
  • unhorizoned
  • horizonward
  • horizonwards
  • circumhorizon
  • antihorizon
  • archaeological horizon
  • split horizon
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