Where does “survival horror” come from?
survival horror (English) comes from Japanese サバイバルホラー, 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.
survival horror (English): A video game genre that emphasizes scarcity of...
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- A video game genre that emphasizes scarcity of...
Ancestry of “survival horror”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Japanese | サバイバルホラー | survival horror |
| 2 | English | horror | An intense distressing emotion of fear or... |
| 3 | Middle English | horer | — |
| 4 | Old French | horror | horror or terror |
| 5 | Latin | horror | bristling; shaking, shivering, chill; dread,... |
| 6 | Latin | horrēre | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | horzēō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰr̥séh₁(ye)ti | — |