Where does “kolossal” come from?

kolossal (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from German kolossal, from French colossal, from French -ál, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis — forms relational adjectives.

kolossal (Norwegian Nynorsk): colossal

Definitions

  1. colossal

Ancestry of “kolossal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germankolossalcolossal, huge; awesome
2Frenchcolossalcolossal, huge
3French-álal; appended to various words, often nouns, to make an adjective form; often added to words of Latin origin, but used with other words also
4Latin-ālis—
5Proto-Italic-ālisforms relational adjectives
Every word from Proto-Italic -ālis →Every word from Latin -ālis →Every word from French -ál →
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