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Where does “monstruosite” come from?

monstruosite (Middle English) comes from French monstruosité, from Latin monstruositas, from Latin monstruosus, from Latin mōnstrum, from Proto-Italic monestrom.

Ancestry of “monstruosite”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmonstruositémonstrosity
2Latinmonstruositas—
3Latinmonstruosusstrange, preternatural, monstrous
4Latinmōnstrum—
5Proto-Italicmonestrom—

Words derived from “monstruosite”

  • monstrosity
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