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Where does “-íssim” come from?

-íssim (Catalan) comes from Latin -issimus, from Proto-Italic *-isəmos.

-íssim (Catalan): Added to adjectives to form the absolute...

Definitions

  1. Added to adjectives to form the absolute...

Ancestry of “-íssim”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-issimusadded to an adjective noun to form its...
2Proto-Italic*-isəmos—

Words derived from “-íssim”

  • boníssim
  • duríssim
  • baixíssim
  • moltíssim
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