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Where does “horripilar” come from?

horripilar (Spanish) comes from Late Latin horripilare, from Latin pīlus, from Latin pīlum, from Proto-Italic pistlom, from Proto-Indo-European pis-tlo-, from Proto-Indo-European peys- — to grind, to crush.

horripilar (Spanish): to horrify

Definitions

  1. to horrify

Ancestry of “horripilar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latinhorripilareof hairs: to bristle
2Latinpīlus—
3Latinpīlum—
4Proto-Italicpistlom—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpis-tlo-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpeys-to grind, to crush

Words derived from “horripilar”

  • horripilante
  • horripilante
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