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

  1. perpendicular to the vertical; parallel to the...

Ancestry of “horizontal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchhorizontal—
2Latinhorizōnhorizon
3Ancient Greekὁρίζωνhorizon
4Ancient Greekὅροςboundary, limit, frontier, landmark; marking...
5Proto-Hellenicwórwos—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwerw-—

Words derived from “horizontal”

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