Etymology of the English word shock-horror
the English word
shock-horrorderived from the English word
shockderived from the Old French word
chocderived from the French word
choquerderived from the Old French word
chuquierderived from the Old French word
choquierderived from the Proto-Germanic root
*skukka-derived from 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 shock-horror in English dates from the 20th century.
