Where does “immense” come from?

immense (French) comes from Latin immēnsus, from Latin mēnsus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

immense (French): immense, huge

Definitions

  1. immense, huge

Ancestry of “immense”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinimmēnsusimmeasurable, boundless, endless, vast, immense
2Latinmēnsushaving measured, estimated
3Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Italic-tus—
5Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “immense”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin mēnsus →