Where does “-issimo” come from?

-issimo (Interlingua) comes from Latin -issimus, from Proto-Italic *-isəmos — forms superlative forms of adjectives.

-issimo (Interlingua): Added to an adjective, creates an adjective. This...

Definitions

  1. Added to an adjective, creates an adjective. This...

Ancestry of “-issimo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-issimusadded to an adjective noun to form its...
2Proto-Italic*-isəmosforms superlative forms of adjectives
Every word from Proto-Italic *-isəmos →Every word from Latin -issimus →