Where does “immensely” come from?
Immensely comes from Middle French immense, from Latin immensus, composed of the Latin prefix in- (not) and Latin mensus (measured), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots meaning not and to measure.
immensely (English): Greatly; hugely; extremely; vastly; to a great...
Definitions
- Greatly; hugely; extremely; vastly; to a great...
Ancestry of “immensely”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | immense | Huge, gigantic, very large; Supremely good;... |
| 2 | Middle French | immense | — |
| 3 | Latin | immensus | immeasurable, boundless, endless, vast, immense |
| 4 | Latin | in- | un-, non-, not; in, within, inside |
| 5 | Latin | in | in, at, on, upon, from; within, while in; into,... |
| 6 | Old Latin | en | in |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |