Etymograph

English

horrent

Horrent comes from Latin horrens ‘trembling’, and goes back to horreō ‘to bristle’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhorreōas horrere, present participle‘to bristle’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEhorrens‘trembling’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1835horrent

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history not traced here.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhorreōas horrere, present participle‘to bristle’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEhorrens‘trembling’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1835horrent

Earliest quotation: 1835, Edward Bulwer Lytton: “He was now at the spot in which his…”

Linked words

through Latin horreō ‘to bristle’

horror, horrific, horrid, abhor, horrify, 5 more

Today it means

adj Standing upright, like bristles; bristled; bristly.

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

Etymograph / Latin horreō / horrent

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