Where does “scleroso” come from?

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

scleroso (Italian): sclerenchymatous; first-person singular present...

Definitions

  1. sclerenchymatous; first-person singular present...

Ancestry of “scleroso”, step by step

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