Where does “horrendous” come from?
Horrendous comes from Latin horrendus, meaning "dreadful," formed from the Proto-Italic horzēō stem with the Latin -osus suffix denoting a quality or condition.
horrendous (English): Extremely bad; awful; terrible
Definitions
- Extremely bad; awful; terrible
Ancestry of “horrendous”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | horrendus | horrible, horrendous |
| 2 | Latin | horreō | to stand erect, stand on end |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | horzēō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰr̥séh₁(ye)ti | — |