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Where does “angoscioso” come from?

angoscioso (Italian) comes from Latin angustiosus, from Latin angustia, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

angoscioso (Italian): distressing; anguished

Definitions

  1. distressing; anguished

Ancestry of “angoscioso”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinangustiosusscared, anxious
2Latinangustianarrowness, straitness; defile, straight, gorge;...
3Latin-iaUsed to form a feminine abstract noun, usually...
4Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
5Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
6Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →