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Where does “formidable” come from?

formidable (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk formidabel, from French formidable, from Latin formīdābilis, from Latin -bilis, from Proto-Italic -ðlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlom — Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...

formidable (Norwegian Nynorsk): definite singular of formidabel; plural of...

Definitions

  1. definite singular of formidabel; plural of...

Ancestry of “formidable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskformidabelformidable
2Frenchformidablefearsome; fantastic, tremendous
3Latinformīdābilis—
4Latin-bilis-ble
5Proto-Italic-ðlis—
6Proto-Indo-European-dʰlis—
7Proto-Indo-European-dʰlomAlternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlom →