Where does “piccoso” come from?

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

piccoso (Italian): stubborn; touchy, peevish

Definitions

  1. stubborn; touchy, peevish

Ancestry of “piccoso”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italian-oso-ous, -ful, -y
2Latin-ōsusose, -ous, -ful (full of or overly prone to)
3Old Latin-ōssus—

Words derived from “piccoso”

Every word from Old Latin -ōssus →Every word from Latin -ōsus →Every word from Italian -oso →