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Where does “kolossal” come from?

kolossal (German) comes from French colossal, from French -ál, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis.

kolossal (German): colossal, huge; awesome

Definitions

  1. colossal, huge; awesome

Ancestry of “kolossal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcolossalcolossal, huge
2French-ál—
3Latin-ālis—
4Proto-Italic-ālis—
Every word from Proto-Italic -ālis →