Where does “mégacolossal” come from?

mégacolossal (French) comes from French colossal, from French -ál, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis — forms relational adjectives.

mégacolossal (French): mega-colossal

Definitions

  1. mega-colossal

Ancestry of “mégacolossal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcolossalcolossal, huge
2French-álal; appended to various words, often nouns, to make an adjective form; often added to words of Latin origin, but used with other words also
3Latin-ālis—
4Proto-Italic-ālisforms relational adjectives
Every word from Proto-Italic -ālis →Every word from Latin -ālis →Every word from French -ál →