Where does “horizontally” come from?
Horizontally comes from English horizontal, from French horizontal, from Latin -alis, from Ancient Greek ὁρίζων, from Ancient Greek ὁρίζω meaning to bound or define, from Ancient Greek ὅρος meaning boundary.
horizontally (English): In a horizontal direction or position
Definitions
- In a horizontal direction or position
Ancestry of “horizontally”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | horizontal | perpendicular to the vertical; parallel to the... |
| 2 | Middle French | horizontal | — |
| 3 | Latin | horizōn | horizon |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ὁρίζων | horizon |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ὅρος | boundary, limit, frontier, landmark; marking... |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | wórwos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | werw- | — |