Etymology

horizontal

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Today it means: Perpendicular to the vertical; parallel to the plane of the horizon; level, flat. Full definition →

Middle French horizontal ← Latin horizōn
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromhorizōn
  2. Middle French · borrowed fromhorizontal
  3. English todayhorizontal

Borrowed from Middle French horizontal, from horizon, horizonte, from Latin horizōn (stem horizont-).

Words from the same roots

Latinhorizōn all →

horizon

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.