Where does “hideosity” come from?

hideosity (English) comes from English hideous, from Middle English hidous, from Anglo-Norman hidous, from Old French hideus — ugly; hideous.

hideosity (English): The state or condition of being hideous; extreme...

Definitions

  1. The state or condition of being hideous; extreme...

Ancestry of “hideosity”, step by step

hideosity traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English hideous

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhideousExtremely or shockingly ugly; Having a very...
2Middle Englishhidousterrifying, frightening; hideous, horrible,...
3Anglo-NormanhidousAlternative form of hideus
4Old Frenchhideusugly; hideous

via English ity

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishity—
2Ingrian-uUsed to form nouns from verbs
Every word from Old French hideus →Every word from Anglo-Norman hidous →Every word from Middle English hidous →
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