Where does “horizontal” come from?

horizontal (German) comes from Latin horizontalis, from Latin horizōn, from Ancient Greek ὁρίζων, from Ancient Greek ὅρος, from Proto-Hellenic wórwos, from Proto-Indo-European werw-.

horizontal (German): horizontal

Definitions

  1. horizontal

Ancestry of “horizontal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinhorizontalishorizontal
2Latinhorizōnhorizon
3Ancient Greekὁρίζωνhorizon
4Ancient Greekὅροςboundary, limit, frontier, landmark; marking...
5Proto-Hellenicwórwos—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwerw-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European werw- →Every word from Proto-Hellenic wórwos →Every word from Ancient Greek ὅρος →