Where does “curioso” come from?
curioso (Old Portuguese) comes from Latin curiosus, from Latin -osus, from Old Latin -osos, from Latin ont-to-s, from Latin -o-wont-to-s.
Ancestry of “curioso”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | curiosus | Careful, diligent, thoughtful, devoted;... |
| 2 | Latin | -osus | -ose, -ous; full of, overly, prone to |
| 3 | Old Latin | -osos | accusative masculine plural of -ōsus |
| 4 | Latin | ont-to-s | — |
| 5 | Latin | -o-wont-to-s | — |