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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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old FrenchhorrourAlternative form of horror
2Latinhorrorbristling; shaking, shivering, chill; dread,...
3Latinhorrēre—
4Proto-Italichorzēō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰr̥séh₁(ye)ti—

Words derived from “horrour”

  • horror
  • horrify
  • horrification
  • technohorror
  • nonhorror
  • enhorrored
  • horrorsome
  • horrorfest
  • horrormeister
  • horrifier
  • survival horror
  • ecohorror
  • horrorcore
  • ホラー
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