Where does “horyzont” come from?

horyzont (Polish) comes from Latin horizōn, from Ancient Greek ὁρίζων, from Ancient Greek ὅρος, from Proto-Hellenic wórwos, from Proto-Indo-European werw-.

horyzont (Polish): horizon

Definitions

  1. horizon

Ancestry of “horyzont”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinhorizōnhorizon
2Ancient Greekὁρίζωνhorizon
3Ancient Greekὅροςboundary, limit, frontier, landmark; marking...
4Proto-Hellenicwórwos
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwerw-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European werw-Every word from Proto-Hellenic wórwosEvery word from Ancient Greek ὅρος
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