Where does “groteski” come from?
groteski (Finnish) comes from Italian grottesco, from Italian -esco, from Vulgar Latin -iscus, from Latin -ensis, from Latin arvum, from Latin colō, from Latin quelō, from Proto-Italic kʷelō — to turn.
groteski (Finnish): grotesque; antic
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