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Where does “morosa” come from?

morosa (Latin) comes from Latin morosus, from Latin -osus, from Old Latin -osos, from Latin ont-to-s, from Latin -o-wont-to-s.

morosa (Latin): nominative feminine singular of mōrōsus;...

Definitions

  1. nominative feminine singular of mōrōsus;...

Ancestry of “morosa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmorosuspeevish, wayward, capricious, difficult; slow ,...
2Latin-osus-ose, -ous; full of, overly, prone to
3Old Latin-ososaccusative masculine plural of -ōsus
4Latinont-to-s—
5Latin-o-wont-to-s—
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