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Where does “unhorrible” come from?

unhorrible (English) comes from English horrible, from Middle English horrible, from Old French horrible, from Latin horribilis, from Latin -bilis, from Proto-Italic -ðlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlom — Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...

unhorrible (English): Not horrible

Definitions

  1. Not horrible

Ancestry of “unhorrible”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhorribleA thing that causes horror; a terrifying thing,...
2Middle Englishhorriblehorrible
3Old Frenchhorrible—
4Latinhorribilishorrible, terrible, dreadful, fearful
5Latin-bilis-ble
6Proto-Italic-ðlis—
7Proto-Indo-European-dʰlis—
8Proto-Indo-European-dʰlomAlternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...
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