Where does “horizonless” come from?
horizonless (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.
horizonless (English): Without a horizon
Ancestry of “horizonless”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | horizon | The visible horizontal line or point that... |
| 2 | Middle English | orisonte | — |
| 3 | Middle French | horizon | — |
| 4 | Old French | orisonte | — |
| 5 | Latin | horizōn | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ὁρίζων | horizon |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ὅρος | boundary, limit, frontier, landmark; marking... |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | wórwos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | werw- | — |