Where does “verbosity” come from?
Verbosity comes from English verbose, from the suffix -ose, ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European wer- meaning to speak, combined with Latin -itas forming abstract nouns.
verbosity (English): The excess use of words, especially using more...
Definitions
- The excess use of words, especially using more...
Ancestry of “verbosity”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | verbosité | — |
| 2 | Latin | verbositas | verbosity, wordiness |
| 3 | Latin | verbosus | wordy, verbose, prolix |
| 4 | Latin | verbum | word; proverb, saying; verb |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |