Where does “horrormonger” come from?

horrormonger (English) comes from English horror, from Middle English horer, from Old French horror, from Latin horror, from Latin horrēre, from Proto-Italic horzēō, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰr̥séh₁(ye)ti.

horrormonger (English): A person who peddles horror, or horrific tales

Definitions

  1. A person who peddles horror, or horrific tales

Ancestry of “horrormonger”, step by step

horrormonger traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English horror

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhorrorAn intense distressing emotion of fear or...
2Middle Englishhorer—
3Old Frenchhorrorhorror or terror
4Latinhorrorbristling; shaking, shivering, chill; dread,...
5Latinhorrēre—
6Proto-Italichorzēō—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰr̥séh₁(ye)ti—

via English monger

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmongerA dealer in a specific commodity; A person...
2Middle EnglishmongereA retailer; a merchant
3Old Englishmāngeretrader, merchant, dealer, monger
4Old Englishmāngianto trade, traffic, do as a monger
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰr̥séh₁(ye)ti →Every word from Proto-Italic horzēō →Every word from Latin horrēre →
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