Where does “horizontal” come from?
Horizontal comes from French horizontal, from Latin -alis, from Ancient Greek ὁρίζων, from Ancient Greek ὁρίζω, from Ancient Greek ὅρος meaning boundary or limit, from Proto-Indo-European roots.
horizontal (English): perpendicular to the vertical; parallel to the...
Definitions
- perpendicular to the vertical; parallel to the...
Ancestry of “horizontal”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle French | horizontal | — |
| 2 | Latin | horizōn | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ὁρίζων | horizon |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ὅρος | boundary, limit, frontier, landmark; marking... |
| 5 | Proto-Hellenic | wórwos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | werw- | — |
Words derived from “horizontal”