Where does “stupendo” come from?

stupendo (Italian) comes from Latin stupendum, from Latin stupere, from Latin stupeo, from Proto-Indo-European (s)tup-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)tew- — to push, to hit.

stupendo (Italian): wonderful, marvellous, stunning, fabulous,...

Definitions

  1. wonderful, marvellous, stunning, fabulous,...

Ancestry of “stupendo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinstupendumaccusative gerund of stupeō
2Latinstuperepresent active infinitive of stupeō; to be...
3LatinstupeoI am stunned, stiffened or benumbed, stop,...
4Proto-Indo-European(s)tup-—
5Proto-Indo-European(s)tew-to push, to hit

Words derived from “stupendo”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)tew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)tup- →Every word from Latin stupeo →