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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

  1. terrifying

Ancestry of “horrifique”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchhorrificqueterrifying
2Latinhorrificusawful, horrible, dreadful; frightening,...
3Latinhorreō—
4Proto-Italichorzēō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰr̥séh₁(ye)ti—
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