Latin

horreō

‘stand aghast, bristle with fear’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin horreō.

11 English words in this record descend from Latin horreō, most familiar first.

• horror ← horer
• horrific ← horrificus
• horrendous ← horrendus
• horrid ← horridus
• abhorrent ← abhorrēns ← abhorreō
• abhor ← abhorren ← abhorrer ← abhorreō
• horrify ← horrificō ← horrificus
• horrisonant ← horrisonus
• horrent ← horrens
• horrour ← horror
• perhorresce ← perhorrēscō ← horrēscō

Etymograph / Latin horreō