Where does “colossal” come from?
colossal (Italian) comes from English colossal, from French colossal, from French -ál, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis — forms relational adjectives.
colossal (Italian): high-budget film or play with a high production value, ensemble cast, etc
Definitions
- high-budget film or play with a high production value, ensemble cast, etc
Ancestry of “colossal”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | colossal | Extremely large or on a great scale; Amazingly... |
| 2 | French | colossal | colossal, huge |
| 3 | French | -ál | al; appended to various words, often nouns, to make an adjective form; often added to words of Latin origin, but used with other words also |
| 4 | Latin | -ālis | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -ālis | forms relational adjectives |