Where does “moroso” come from?
moroso (Italian) comes from Italian amoroso, from Latin amōrōsus, from Latin amor, from Latin amō, from Latin Deus, from Latin dẹ̄vos, from Old Latin deivos, from Proto-Italic deiwos — to be bright; sky, heaven.
moroso (Italian): defaulting, in arrears; defaulter; boyfriend,...
Definitions
- defaulting, in arrears; defaulter; boyfriend,...
Ancestry of “moroso”, step by step
moroso traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian amoroso
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | amoroso | amorous, loving; lover |
| 2 | Latin | amōrōsus | — |
| 3 | Latin | amor | love, affection, devotion; love, desire, craving;... |
| 4 | Latin | amō | to love |
| 5 | Latin | Deus | God |
| 6 | Latin | dẹ̄vos | — |
| 7 | Old Latin | deivos | god, deity |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | deiwos | god, deity |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | deywós | god |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dyew- | to be bright; sky, heaven |
via Late Latin morosus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Late Latin | morosus | peevish, wayward, capricious, difficult; slow ,... |
| 2 | Latin | -osus | -ose, -ous; full of, overly, prone to |
| 3 | Old Latin | -osos | accusative masculine plural of -ōsus |
| 4 | Latin | ont-to-s | — |
| 5 | Latin | -o-wont-to-s | — |