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Etymology
Dictionary
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Origin and Etymology of the word
HORROR.
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From An Etymology
Dictionary of the English Language, by Walter W. Skeat, 1893 |
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HORROR,
dread, terror. (Lat.) Formerly also spelt horrour (Minsheu),
as if taken from the French; yet such does not seem to have been the
case. We find 'sad horror' in Spenser, F. Q. ii. 7. 23; and horrors
in Hamlet, ii. I. 84, in the first folio edition. Cf. F. horreur,
'horror;' Cot.—Lat. horror, terror, dread.—Lat. horrere,
to bristle, be rough; also, to dread, with reference to the bristling of the
hair through terror. Cf. Skt. hrish, to bristle, said
of the hair, esp. as a token of fear or of pleasure. Thus horrere
is for horsere (cf. Lat. hirsutus, rough, shaggy); from ✔GHARS,
to be rough (Fick, i. 589); probably related to ✔GHAR,
to grind; see Grind.
Der. From Lat. horrere we have horrent (from the stem of the pres.
part.); also horri-ble, q.v., horri-d, q.v.; horri-fy,
q.v.; and horri-fic.
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| Etymology
Dictionary Index |
| A, B,
C, D, E,
F, G, H,
I, J, K,
L, M, N,
O, P, Q,
R, S, T,
U, V, W,
X, Y, Z
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| Key |
| Arab.=Arabic. |
| A.S.=Anglo
Saxon. |
| Bavar.=Bavarian |
| Bohem.=Bohemian. |
| C.=Celtic,
used as a general term for Irish, Gaelic, Welsh, Breton,
Cornish, &c. |
| Corn.=Cornish. |
| Dan.=Danish. |
| Du.=Dutch |
| E.=English. |
| E.E.=Early
English. |
| Europ.=European. |
| F.=French. |
| G.=German. |
| Gk.=Greek. |
| Goth.=Gothic. |
| Icel.=Icelandic. |
| Ital.=Italian. |
| L. or
Lat.=Latin. |
| Lith.
& Lithuan.=Lithuanian. |
| M.E.=Middle
English. |
| M.F.=Middle
French |
| M.H.G.=Middle
High German. |
| Norw.=Norwegian. |
| O.F.=Old
French. |
| O.H.G.=Old
High German. |
| Pers.=Persian. |
| Port.=Portuguese. |
| Scand.=Scandinavian,
used as a general term for Icelandic, Swedish, Danish,
&c. |
| Sc.=Scottish. |
| Skt.=Sanskrit. |
| Span.=Spanish. |
| Swed.=Sweish. |
| Teut.=Teutonic |
| Turk.=Turkish. |
| W.=Welsh. |
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