Where does “mega-colossal” come from?
mega-colossal (English) comes from English colossal, from French colossal, from French -ál, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis — forms relational adjectives.
mega-colossal (English): Describing the very largest type of volcanic...
Definitions
- Describing the very largest type of volcanic...
Ancestry of “mega-colossal”, step by step
mega-colossal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English colossal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | colossal | Extremely large or on a great scale; Amazingly... |
| 2 | French | colossal | colossal, huge |
| 3 | French | -ál | al; appended to various words, often nouns, to make an adjective form; often added to words of Latin origin, but used with other words also |
| 4 | Latin | -ālis | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -ālis | forms relational adjectives |