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Where does “grandioso” come from?

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

grandioso (Italian): grandiose, magnificent

Definitions

  1. grandiose, magnificent

Ancestry of “grandioso”, step by step

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

Words derived from “grandioso”

  • grandiose
  • grandiosity
  • grandiosely
  • grandioso
  • grandioseness
  • ungrandiose
  • grandiose
  • grandiosamente
  • grandiosement
  • grandiose
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