Where does “immens” come from?

immens (Dutch) comes from French immense, from Latin immēnsus, from Latin mēnsus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

immens (Dutch): immense, enormous, huge

Definitions

  1. immense, enormous, huge

Ancestry of “immens”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchimmenseimmense, huge
2Latinimmēnsusimmeasurable, boundless, endless, vast, immense
3Latinmēnsushaving measured, estimated
4Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
5Proto-Italic-tus—
6Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin mēnsus →