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Where does “orisonte” come from?

orisonte (Old French) comes 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
1Latinhorizōn—
2Ancient Greekὁρίζωνhorizon
3Ancient Greekὅροςboundary, limit, frontier, landmark; marking...
4Proto-Hellenicwórwos—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwerw-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European werw- →