English

horrorscope

Blend of horror + horoscope.

Latin horreō ‘to bristle’

Latin horror ‘a bristling’

Old French horror ‘horror or terror’

Middle English horer

Ancient Greek ὡροσκόπος ‘caster of nativities, astrologer’

Medieval Latin horoscopus

Middle French horoscope

Today it means

noun An adverse horoscope.

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

Etymograph / horrorscope