Etymology Explorer › LatinWhere does “curiositas” come from? curiositas (Latin) comes from German kurios, from Latin curiosus, from Latin -osus, from Old Latin -osos, from Latin ont-to-s, from Latin -o-wont-to-s.
curiositas (Latin): curiosity, inquisitiveness
Definitions curiosity, inquisitiveness Ancestry of “curiositas”, step by step Step Language Word Meaning 1 German kurios curious, odd, bizarre 2 Latin curiosus Careful, diligent, thoughtful, devoted;... 3 Latin -osus -ose, -ous; full of, overly, prone to 4 Old Latin -osos accusative masculine plural of -ōsus 5 Latin ont-to-s — 6 Latin -o-wont-to-s —
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