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Where does “horzōs” come from?

horzōs (Proto-Italic) comes from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰórsōs, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰers- — stiff; surprised.

Ancestry of “horzōs”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰórsōs—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰers-stiff; surprised

Words derived from “horzōs”

  • horror
  • horrify
  • horrification
  • technohorror
  • nonhorror
  • enhorrored
  • horrorfest
  • horrormeister
  • horrorcore
  • horrorsome
  • horrifier
  • survival horror
  • ecohorror
  • horror vacui
  • horror
  • horror vacui
  • horrorem
  • horror
  • orrore
  • orroroso
  • horreur
  • Horror
  • Horrorfilm
  • horror
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