The story
- Latin · derived fromhorrisonus
- English todayhorrisonous
From Latin horrisonus, from horrere (“to be horrible”) + sonus (“a sound”).
Words from the same roots
Latinhorrisonus all →
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: Sounding dreadfully; uttering a terrible sound. Full definition →
From Latin horrisonus, from horrere (“to be horrible”) + sonus (“a sound”).
Latinhorrisonus all →
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.