Etymology

horrid

hor·rid
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Today it means: Bristling, rough, rugged. Full definition →

Latin horridus ← Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ← Proto-Italic *horzēō
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰers-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰr̥s-éh₁-(ye)-ti
  3. Proto-Italic*horzēō
  4. Latinhorreō
  5. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  6. Latinhorridus
  7. English todayhorrid

Borrowed from Latin horridus (“rough, bristly, savage, shaggy, rude”), from horrere (“to bristle”). See horrent, horror, ordure.

Words from the same roots

Latinhorridus all →

ordure

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