Etymograph

English

horrour

Horrour comes from Latin horror ‘a bristling, a shaking, trembling as with cold…’, and goes back to horreō.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhorreō1as horrere‘to bristle, shake, be terrified’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhorror1‘a bristling, a shaking, trembling as with cold or fear, terror’
  3. Old Frenchc. 842–1400horrour1
  4. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500horrour1
  5. Englishtodayhorrour1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English horrour

Earlier history not traced here. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhorreōWiktionary, English horrouras horrere‘to bristle, shake, be terrified’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhorrorWiktionary, English horrour‘a bristling, a shaking, trembling as with cold or fear, terror’
  3. Old Frenchc. 842–1400horrourWiktionary, English horrour
  4. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500horrourWiktionary, English horrour
  5. EnglishtodayhorrourWiktionary, English horrour

Linked words

through Latin horreō ‘to bristle, shake, be terrified’

horrific, horrendous, horrid, abhorrent, abhor, horrify, 4 more

Today it means

noun —

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “horrour”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Latin horreō / horrour

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