horizon English · revision 13152

− It is late Middle English orizonte, orisoun,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) [[bor|fro|orizonte|t=horizon]], orizon (modern French horizon),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) from Latin horizōn, horizontem,^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) from Greek [[m|grc|ὁρίζων κύκλος|tr=horízōn kýklos|t=bounding circle]],^(Etymonline)^(Cresswell 2021)^(NODE 1998) from the present participle of [[m|grc|ὁρίζειν|tr=horízein|t=to bound, limit, divide]], from [[m|grc|ὅρος|tr=hóros|t=boundary, landmark]].^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986) The initial h- was restored after the Latin form.^(Hoad 1986)^(MWU 2024)