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Where does “faticoso” come from?

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

faticoso (Italian): tiring, hard, demanding; difficult, laboured,...

Definitions

  1. tiring, hard, demanding; difficult, laboured,...

Ancestry of “faticoso”, step by step

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

Words derived from “faticoso”

  • faticosità
  • faticosissimo
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