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Where does “grandisme” come from?

grandisme (Old French) comes from Latin grandissimus, from Latin grandis, from Proto-Italic *grandis.

grandisme (Old French): very big; very large

Definitions

  1. very big; very large

Ancestry of “grandisme”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latingrandissimussuperlative degree of grandis
2Latingrandisfull-grown, grown up; large, great, grand, lofty;...
3Proto-Italic*grandis—
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