Where does “horrour” come from?
horrour (Middle English) comes from Old French horrour, from Latin horror, from Latin horrēre, from Proto-Italic horzēō, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰr̥séh₁(ye)ti.
Ancestry of “horrour”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | horrour | Alternative form of horror |
| 2 | Latin | horror | bristling; shaking, shivering, chill; dread,... |
| 3 | Latin | horrēre | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | horzēō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰr̥séh₁(ye)ti | — |