Etymology of the English word horror
the English word
horrorderived from the Old French word
horreurderived from the Latin word
horror (shivering, dread, awe rigidity)
derived from the Late Latin word
horrere (to bristle, shudder; dread, shrink from, shudder at)
Date
The earliest known usage of horror in English dates from the 14th century.
Derivations in English
shock-horrorCognates
Dutch
horribel, Dutch
hors d'oeuvre, English
hors d'öuvres, French
horreur, French
hors d'oeuvre, German
Horror, Italian
orrore, Latin
horror, Norwegian
horribel, Norwegian
hors doeuvre, Spanish
horror, Swedish
horribelUsage
Word found in Modern English
