Where does “horrificity” come from?
horrificity (English) comes from English horrific, from Latin horrificus, from Latin horreō, from Proto-Italic horzēō, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰr̥séh₁(ye)ti.
horrificity (English): The quality of being horrific
Definitions
- The quality of being horrific
Ancestry of “horrificity”, step by step
horrificity traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English horrific
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | horrific | Horrifying, causing horror; horrible |
| 2 | Latin | horrificus | awful, horrible, dreadful; frightening,... |
| 3 | Latin | horreō | to stand erect, stand on end |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | horzēō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰr̥séh₁(ye)ti | — |