Where does “orrendo” come from?

orrendo (Italian) comes from Latin horrendus, from Latin horreō, from Proto-Italic horzēō, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰr̥séh₁(ye)ti.

orrendo (Italian): horrible, horrendous, awful, dreadful, ghastly

Definitions

  1. horrible, horrendous, awful, dreadful, ghastly

Ancestry of “orrendo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinhorrendushorrible, horrendous
2Latinhorreōto stand erect, stand on end
3Proto-Italichorzēō—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰr̥séh₁(ye)ti—

Words derived from “orrendo”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰr̥séh₁(ye)ti →Every word from Proto-Italic horzēō →Every word from Latin horreō →