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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-.

Ancestry of “orisonte”, step by step

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