English
horribile auditu
Horribile auditu comes from Latin horribile audītū.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhorribile audītūliterally ‘horrible to hear’
- Dutchc. 1500–presenthorribile auditu
- Englishearliest quotation 1868same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhorribile audītūliterally ‘horrible to hear’
- Dutchc. 1500–presenthorribile auditu
- Englishearliest quotation 1868same form
Earliest quotation: 1868, Alphonse Johan Bernard Horstmar Nahuÿs, Continuation of Stern’s Composition: “Ik verbeeld mij dat uwe vrouw vraagt : ″Is…”
Every English word from Latin horribile audītū
Today it means
adv Horrible to hear.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin horribile audītū / horribile auditu