English

horo-

Horo- comes from Ancient Greek ὥρα ‘time, hour’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *yóh₁r̥ ‘year, season’.

Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*yóh₁r̥‘year, season’reconstructed
Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEὥραhṓra‘time, hour’
Englishtodayhoro-

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*yóh₁r̥‘year, season’reconstructed
Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEὥραhṓra‘time, hour’
Englishtodayhoro-

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *yóh₁r̥ ‘year, season’

year, hour, yore, hora, 4 more

Today it means

prefix time

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *yóh₁r̥ / horo-

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