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Where does “nimius” come from?

nimius (Latin) comes from Latin -us, from Old Latin -os, from Proto-Italic -os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

nimius (Latin): excessive, too great, too much

Definitions

  1. excessive, too great, too much

Ancestry of “nimius”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-ussuffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,...
2Old Latin-osaccusative masculine plural of -us
3Proto-Italic-os—
4Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

Words derived from “nimius”

  • nimiety
  • nimious
  • nimietas
  • nimio
  • nimiedad
  • nimio
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