Where does “horror” come from?

Horror comes from Middle English horer, from Old French horror, from Latin horror, the noun form of the verb horrere, meaning to bristle or shudder with fear.

horror (English): An intense distressing emotion of fear or...

Definitions

  1. An intense distressing emotion of fear or...

Ancestry of “horror”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishhorer—
2Old Frenchhorrorhorror or terror
3Latinhorrorbristling; shaking, shivering, chill; dread,...
4Latinhorrēre—
5Proto-Italichorzēō—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰr̥séh₁(ye)ti—

Words derived from “horror”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰr̥séh₁(ye)ti →Every word from Proto-Italic horzēō →Every word from Latin horrēre →