Where does “horrendousness” come from?
horrendousness (English) comes from English horrendous, from Latin horrendus, from Latin horreō, from Proto-Italic horzēō, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰr̥séh₁(ye)ti.
horrendousness (English): The quality of being horrendous
Definitions
- The quality of being horrendous
Ancestry of “horrendousness”, step by step
horrendousness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English horrendous
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | horrendous | Extremely bad; awful; terrible |
| 2 | Latin | horrendus | horrible, horrendous |
| 3 | Latin | horreō | to stand erect, stand on end |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | horzēō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰr̥séh₁(ye)ti | — |
via English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |