Where does “curioso” come from?

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

curioso (Portuguese): curious; inquisitive; curious; odd; out of the...

Definitions

  1. curious; inquisitive; curious; odd; out of the...

Ancestry of “curioso”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesecurioso—
2LatincuriosusCareful, diligent, thoughtful, devoted;...
3Latin-osus-ose, -ous; full of, overly, prone to
4Old Latin-ososaccusative masculine plural of -ōsus
5Latinont-to-s—
6Latin-o-wont-to-s—

Words derived from “curioso”

Every word from Latin -o-wont-to-s →Every word from Latin -osus →Every word from Latin curiosus →