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Where does “borioso” come from?

borioso (Italian) comes from Italian -oso, from Latin -ōsus, from Old Latin -ōssus.

borioso (Italian): haughty, bumptious; haughty or bumptious person

Definitions

  1. haughty, bumptious; haughty or bumptious person

Ancestry of “borioso”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italian-oso-ous, -ful, -y
2Latin-ōsus—
3Old Latin-ōssus—

Words derived from “borioso”

  • boriosità
Every word from Old Latin -ōssus →