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Where does “curios” come from?

curios (Old French) comes from Latin curiosus, from Latin -osus, from Old Latin -osos, from Latin ont-to-s, from Latin -o-wont-to-s.

Ancestry of “curios”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatincuriosusCareful, diligent, thoughtful, devoted;...
2Latin-osus-ose, -ous; full of, overly, prone to
3Old Latin-ososaccusative masculine plural of -ōsus
4Latinont-to-s—
5Latin-o-wont-to-s—

Words derived from “curios”

  • curious
  • curiouser
  • curiousness
  • uncurious
  • overcurious
  • curiousest
  • uncuriously
  • noncurious
  • trans-curious
  • bi-curious
  • uncuriousness
  • supercurious
  • bi-curieux
  • curious
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