Where does “horizonal” come from?
horizonal (English) comes from English horizon, from Middle English orisonte, from Middle French horizon, from Old French orisonte, from Latin horizōn, from Ancient Greek ὁρίζων, from Ancient Greek ὅρος, from Proto-Hellenic wórwos.
horizonal (English): Relating to a horizon
Definitions
- Relating to a horizon
Ancestry of “horizonal”, step by step
horizonal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English horizon
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | horizon | The visible horizontal line or point that... |
| 2 | Middle English | orisonte | The horizon point where the sky seems to disappear |
| 3 | Middle French | horizon | — |
| 4 | Old French | orisonte | — |
| 5 | Latin | horizōn | horizon |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ὁρίζων | horizon |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ὅρος | boundary, limit, frontier, landmark; marking... |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | wórwos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | werw- | — |