Where does “immens” come from?
immens (Maltese) comes from Italian immenso, from Latin immēnsus, from Latin mēnsus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
immens (Maltese): immense, huge
Definitions
- immense, huge
Ancestry of “immens”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | immenso | immense, huge, vast, enormous, boundless |
| 2 | Latin | immēnsus | immeasurable, boundless, endless, vast, immense |
| 3 | Latin | mēnsus | having measured, estimated |
| 4 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |