Where does “oribil” come from?
oribil (Romanian) comes from French horrible, from Italian orribile, 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;...
oribil (Romanian): horrible
Definitions
- horrible
Ancestry of “oribil”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | horrible | horrible; causing horror |
| 2 | Italian | orribile | horrible; awful, dreadful; revolting, hideous |
| 3 | Latin | horribilis | horrible, terrible, dreadful, fearful |
| 4 | Latin | -bilis | -ble |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -ðlis | Forms adjectives from verb stems indicating capacity or worth of being acted on |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlis | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlom | Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;... |