Where does “horrifique” come from?
horrifique (French) comes from Middle French horrificque, from Latin horrificus, from Latin horreō, from Proto-Italic horzēō, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰr̥séh₁(ye)ti.
horrifique (French): terrifying
Definitions
- terrifying
Ancestry of “horrifique”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | horrificque | terrifying |
| 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 | — |