Where does “flāgitiōsus” come from?
flāgitiōsus (Latin) comes from Latin flāgitium, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
flāgitiōsus (Latin): shameful, disgraceful, scandalous
Definitions
- shameful, disgraceful, scandalous
Ancestry of “flāgitiōsus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | flāgitium | disgraceful or shameful action, deed, or crime; scandal |
| 2 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 3 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |