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Where does “horrível” come from?

horrível (Portuguese) comes from Latin horribilis, from Latin -bilis, from Proto-Italic -ðlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlom — Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...

horrível (Portuguese): cause of horror; horrible; terrible

Definitions

  1. cause of horror; horrible; terrible

Ancestry of “horrível”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinhorribilishorrible, terrible, dreadful, fearful
2Latin-bilis-ble
3Proto-Italic-ðlis—
4Proto-Indo-European-dʰlis—
5Proto-Indo-European-dʰlomAlternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...

Words derived from “horrível”

  • horrivelmente
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