HORROR (n.) -- early 14c., from Old French horror (12c., Modern - TopicsExpress



          

HORROR (n.) -- early 14c., from Old French horror (12c., Modern French horreur) and directly from Latin horror dread, veneration, religious awe, a figurative use, literally a shaking, trembling, shudder, chill, from horrere to bristle with fear, shudder, from PIE root *ghers- to bristle (cf. Sanskrit harsate bristles, Avestan zarshayamna- ruffling ones feathers, Latin eris (genitive) hedgehog, Welsh garw rough). Online Etymology Dictionary Not Germanic in origin, but appropriate for the day nevertheless. To bristle ... the hairs on the back of your neck ... you know, at least from when you were a kid. lol
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