Where does “pomposo” come from?

pomposo (English) comes from Italian pomposo, from Late Latin pomposus, from Latin pompa, from Ancient Greek πομπή, from Ancient Greek -ή, from Ancient Greek -ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

pomposo (English): grand and dignified; in a grand and dignified...

Definitions

  1. grand and dignified; in a grand and dignified...

Ancestry of “pomposo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianpomposomagnificent, grand, stately; self-important,...
2Late Latinpomposus
3Latinpompaprocession, parade; pomp
4Ancient Greekπομπήa sending; a solemn procession; pomp
5Ancient Greeksuffix of feminine nouns in the [[Appendix:Ancient Greek first declension
6Ancient Greek-ᾱnominal suffix
7Proto-Indo-European-éh₂
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂Every word from Ancient Greek Every word from Ancient Greek -ᾱ