English
horrisonant
Horrisonant comes from Latin horrisonus ‘horridly-sounding, horrisonant’, from horreō ‘to stand erect, stand on end’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂- ‘to sound, resound’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*swenh₂-‘to sound, resound’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*swonh₂éyetireconstructediterative present of *swenh₂-
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*swonaō‘to sound, resound’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsonō‘to sound’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEhorreō‘to stand erect, stand on end’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEhorrisonus‘horridly-sounding, horrisonant’
- Englishearliest quotation 1834horrisonant
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*swenh₂-‘to sound, resound’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*swonh₂éyetireconstructediterative present of *swenh₂-
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*swonaō‘to sound, resound’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsonō‘to sound’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEhorreō‘to stand erect, stand on end’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEhorrisonus‘horridly-sounding, horrisonant’
- Englishearliest quotation 1834horrisonant
Earliest quotation: 1834, Robert Southey: “And if it had been necessary to exact implicit…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂- ‘to sound, resound’
sound, swan, unison, sonnet, sone, 9 more
through Proto-Italic *swonaō ‘to sound, resound’
through Latin sonō ‘to sound’
re, personal, personnel, resonance, resonate, parson, resonant, resound, sonorous, consonance, 6 more
through Latin horreō ‘to stand erect, stand on end’
Today it means
adj Having an unpleasant sound.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂- / horrisonant