Where does “orisonte” come from?

orisonte (Middle English) comes from Middle French horizon, from Old French orisonte, from Latin horizōn, from Ancient Greek ὁρίζων, from Ancient Greek ὅρος, from Proto-Hellenic wórwos, from Proto-Indo-European werw-.

orisonte (Middle English): The horizon point where the sky seems to disappear

Definitions

  1. The horizon point where the sky seems to disappear

Ancestry of “orisonte”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchhorizon—
2Old Frenchorisonte—
3Latinhorizōnhorizon
4Ancient Greekὁρίζωνhorizon
5Ancient Greekὅροςboundary, limit, frontier, landmark; marking...
6Proto-Hellenicwórwos—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwerw-—

Words derived from “orisonte”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European werw- →Every word from Proto-Hellenic wórwos →Every word from Ancient Greek ὅρος →