horrour

The story

1. Latin · derived fromhorror“a bristling, a shaking, trembling as with cold or fear, terror”
2. Old French · derived fromhorrour
3. Middle English · derived fromhorrour
4. English todayhorrour

From Middle English horrour, from Old French horrour, from Latin horror (“a bristling, a shaking, trembling as with cold or fear, terror”), from horrere (“to bristle, shake, be terrified”). Displaced native Old English ōga.

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