Where does “esplèndid” come from?
esplèndid (Catalan) comes from Latin splendidus, from Latin -idus, from Proto-Italic *-iðos.
esplèndid (Catalan): splendid
Ancestry of “esplèndid”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | splendidus | splendid, bright, glittering; distinguished,... |
| 2 | Latin | -idus | tending to |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | *-iðos | — |