horror

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Latin word horror comes from Latin -or, Latin horrere

-or (Latin)

Used to form a third-declension masculine abstract noun from a verb root or conceived root form.

horrere (Latin)

horror (Latin)

Bristling (standing on end). Dread, terror, horror. Shaking, shivering, chill.

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