English
horrendous
Horrendous comes from Latin horrendus ‘horrible, horrendous, horrific, horrid,…’, and goes back to horreō.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhorreō‘to dread’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEhorrendus‘horrible, horrendous, horrific, horrid, dreadful, dreaded, frightful, awful’
- Englishearliest quotation 2012horrendous
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhorreō‘to dread’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEhorrendus‘horrible, horrendous, horrific, horrid, dreadful, dreaded, frightful, awful’
- Englishearliest quotation 2012horrendous
Earliest quotation: 2012, William E. Carter, The British Longitude Act Reconsid ered: “But was it responsible governance to pass the Longitude…”
Formed from -ous
Linked words
through Latin horreō ‘to dread’
Today it means
adj Extremely bad; awful; terrible.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin horreō / horrendous