English
horizontal
Horizontal comes from Latin horizōn, and goes back to Ancient Greek ὁρίζων ‘horizon’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEὁρίζων‘horizon’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhorizōn
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600horizontal
- Englishearliest quotation 1667same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEὁρίζων‘horizon’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhorizōn
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600horizontal
- Englishearliest quotation 1667same form
Earliest quotation: 1667, John Milton, Book I: “As when the Sun new ris'n / Looks through…”
Every English word from Ancient Greek ὁρίζων
Today it means
adj Perpendicular to the vertical; parallel to the plane of the horizon; level, flat.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek ὁρίζων / horizontal