Where does “horripilatio” come from?
horripilatio (Late Latin) comes from Latin horripilo, from Latin pilus, from Proto-Indo-European pil-, from Proto-Algonquian *pi·l-.
horripilatio (Late Latin): bristling
Ancestry of “horripilatio”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | horripilo | I bristle with hairs, I am shaggy |
| 2 | Latin | pilus | A hair; An insignificant amount; iota; least... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | pil- | one string of hair; string of hair; strand of... |
| 4 | Proto-Algonquian | *pi·l- | — |
Words derived from “horripilatio”