Where does “horribilis” come from?

horribilis (Latin) comes from Latin -bilis, from Proto-Italic -ðlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlom — Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...

horribilis (Latin): horrible, terrible, dreadful, fearful

Definitions

  1. horrible, terrible, dreadful, fearful

Ancestry of “horribilis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-bilis-ble
2Proto-Italic-ðlisForms adjectives from verb stems indicating capacity or worth of being acted on
3Proto-Indo-European-dʰlis—
4Proto-Indo-European-dʰlomAlternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...

Words derived from “horribilis”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlom →Every word from Latin -bilis →Every word from Proto-Italic -ðlis →
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