Where does “bellissime” come from?

bellissime (French) comes from French -issime, from Italian -issimo, from Latin -issimus, from Proto-Italic *-isəmos — forms superlative forms of adjectives.

bellissime (French): super-beautiful

Definitions

  1. super-beautiful

Ancestry of “bellissime”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1French-issimesuffix used to form superlative forms of...
2Italian-issimoAdded to adjectives to form superlatives; Added...
3Latin-issimusadded to an adjective noun to form its...
4Proto-Italic*-isəmosforms superlative forms of adjectives
Every word from Proto-Italic *-isəmosEvery word from Italian -issimoEvery word from Latin -issimus
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