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Where does “tumultuous” come from?

tumultuous (Old French) comes from Latin tumultuōsus, from Latin -ōsus, from Old Latin -ōssus.

Ancestry of “tumultuous”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintumultuōsus—
2Latin-ōsus—
3Old Latin-ōssus—

Words derived from “tumultuous”

  • tumultuous
  • tumultuously
  • tumultuousness
  • untumultuous
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