Where does “horrificness” come from?
horrificness (English) comes from English horrific, from Latin horrificus, from Latin horreō, from Proto-Italic horzēō, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰr̥séh₁(ye)ti.
horrificness (English): The quality of being horrific
Definitions
- The quality of being horrific
Ancestry of “horrificness”, step by step
horrificness 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 | — |
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 |