horror的词源
英文词源
- 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" (cognates: Sanskrit harsate "bristles," Avestan zarshayamna- "ruffling one's feathers," Latin eris (genitive) "hedgehog," Welsh garw "rough"). As a genre in film, 1934. Chamber of horrors originally (1849) was a gallery of notorious criminals in Madame Tussaud's wax exhibition.
中文词源
来自拉丁语horrere,因恐惧而毛发竖立，颤抖，来自PIE*ghers,竖立的毛发，硬毛，词源同hair.引申词义厌恶，恐惧。
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：horror 词源，horror 含义。
词根词缀： -horr-怕 + -or名词词尾,状况
有个成语叫“毛骨悚然”，用身上毛发竖起，脊梁骨发冷，来形容十分恐惧。horror的本义与此类似，它来自印欧词根*ghers-“直立”，由毛发竖立引申为恐怖、战栗。有趣的是，单词hair（头发，毛发）也可能来源于此，本义是“直立”，意思所指应当是其形态。
