Where does “riotous” come from?
Riotous comes from Middle English riotous, from Old French riotous, from Latin riotosus, continuing a suffix pattern from Old Latin -osos through Proto-Italic -owonssos to Latin -o-wont-to-s.
riotous (English): having the characteristics of a riot; causing,...
Definitions
- having the characteristics of a riot; causing,...
Ancestry of “riotous”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | -ous | Used to form adjectives from nouns, to denote... |
| 2 | Middle English | -ous | — |
| 3 | Old French | -us | -ous, used for forming adjectives |
| 4 | Latin | -ōsus | — |
| 5 | Old Latin | -ōssus | — |
Words derived from “riotous”