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Where does “spaventosità” come from?

spaventosità (Italian) comes from Italian spaventoso, from Italian spavento, from Italian spaventare, from Vulgar Latin expaventare, from Classical Latin expaveō, from Latin pavor, from Latin -or, from Proto-Italic -ōs — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...

spaventosità (Italian): frightfulness; awesomeness, hugeness

Definitions

  1. frightfulness; awesomeness, hugeness

Ancestry of “spaventosità”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianspaventosofrightful, dreadful, frightening, terrible,...
2Italianspaventofright, fear, scare, terror; first-person...
3Italianspaventareto frighten, scare, spook
4Vulgar Latinexpaventarepresent active infinitive of *expaventō
5Classical Latinexpaveō—
6LatinpavorThe act of trembling, quaking, throbbing or...
7Latin-orused to form a third-declension masculine...
8Proto-Italic-ōsCreates masculine action nouns or result nouns...
9Proto-Indo-European-ōsCreates masculine and feminine action nouns or...
10Proto-Indo-European-oss—
11Proto-Indo-European-osCreates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...
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