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Where does “gloriosus” come from?

gloriosus (Latin) comes from Latin glōria, from Latin -ana, from Latin -anus, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom.

gloriosus (Latin): glorious, full of glory; famous, renowned;...

Definitions

  1. glorious, full of glory; famous, renowned;...

Ancestry of “gloriosus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinglōria—
2Latin-anainflection of -ānus: ## nominative/vocative...
3Latin-anusOf or pertaining to; -ian
4Latin-umnominative neuter singular of -us; accusative...
5Proto-Italic*-om—
6Proto-Indo-European*-oHom—

Words derived from “gloriosus”

  • glorious
  • gloriously
  • inglorious
  • ingloriously
  • gloriousness
  • ingloriousness
  • unglorious
  • miles gloriosus
  • gloriose
  • gloriose
  • glorioso
  • gloriosamente
  • glorioso
  • gloriosamente
  • glorius
  • gloriously
  • glorious
  • glorieus
  • glorios
  • glorious
  • glorioso
  • grorioso
  • glorios
  • glorius
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