Where does “horror” come from?

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

horror (Latin): bristling; shaking, shivering, chill; dread,...

Definitions

  1. bristling; shaking, shivering, chill; dread,...

Ancestry of “horror”, step by step

horror traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin horrēre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinhorrēre—
2Proto-Italichorzēō—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰr̥séh₁(ye)ti—

via Proto-Italic horzōs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italichorzōs—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰórsōs—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰers-stiff; surprised

Words derived from “horror”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰr̥séh₁(ye)ti →