Where does “Colossee” come from?

Colossee (Middle French) comes from Latin Colosseum, from Latin colosseus, from Ancient Greek κολοσσιαῖος, from Ancient Greek -αῖος, from Ancient Greek -ῐος, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

Ancestry of “Colossee”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinColosseum
2Latincolosseuscolossal, huge, gigantic
3Ancient Greekκολοσσιαῖοςcolossal
4Ancient Greek-αῖοςSuffix added to nouns or adjectives, forming adjectives: pertaining to, belonging to ("of")
5Ancient Greek-ῐοςbelonging to; of”, “belonging to”, “pertaining to
6Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yósEvery word from Ancient Greek -ῐοςEvery word from Ancient Greek -αῖος