Where does “horror” come from?

horror (Galician) comes from Latin horror, from Latin horrēre, from Proto-Italic horzēō, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰr̥séh₁(ye)ti.

horror (Galician): horror

Definitions

  1. horror

Ancestry of “horror”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinhorrorbristling; shaking, shivering, chill; dread,...
2Latinhorrēre
3Proto-Italichorzēō
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰr̥séh₁(ye)ti
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰr̥séh₁(ye)ti
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